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charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *少* | 少* | *少
few / less / to lack / to be missing / to stop (doing sth) / seldom
HSK 1
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *差* | 差* | *差
different / wrong; mistaken / to fall short; to lack / not up to standard; inferior / Taiwan pr. [cha1]
HSK 1
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *短* | 短* | *短
short / brief / to lack / weak point / fault
HSK 2
lack / shortage of / shortfall / to be short (of) / to lack
HSK 3
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *缺* | 缺* | *缺
deficiency / lack / scarce / vacant post / to run short of
HSK 3
have plenty of / there's no lack of
HSK 3
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *无* | 无* | *无
not to have / no / none / not / to lack / un- / -less
HSK 4
to lack; to be short of
HSK 5
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *欠* | 欠* | *欠
to owe / to lack / (literary) to be deficient in / (bound form) yawn / to raise slightly (a part of one's body)
HSK 5
not in the least / to completely lack
HSK 7-9
cold and detached towards sb / lack of regard / indifference / neglect
HSK 7-9
lack; deficiency / shortcoming; flaw; defect / to be deficient; to lack
HSK 7-9
unrestrained / cheerful lack of inhibition, esp. for drinking or sleeping / to drink with abandon
HSK 7-9
lack of discipline / to break a rule / to violate discipline / to breach a principle
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *呗* | 呗* | *呗
modal particle indicating lack of enthusiasm / modal particle indicating that things should only or can only be done a certain way
to lack fidelity / (signal) distortion
diaphragm (anatomy) / distant (socially aloof) / divided by lack of mutual comprehension / nonexpert
lack of supplies / unavailable goods
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *匮* | 匮* | *匮
to lack / lacking / empty / exhausted
there is no lack of
to hold one's breath / to feel suffocated (for lack of air) / choked with bottled-up resentment
impoverished / lacking / deficient / limited / meager / impoverishment / lack / deficiency
to sell out / to run out (of supplies) / deficient / lack of supplies
cyanosis (blue skin due to lack of oxygen in blood)
lit. to ruin the enterprise for the sake of one basketful / to fail through lack of a final effort / to spoil the ship for a ha'penny worth of tar (idiom)
vertigo / dizziness / fainting / feeling of swaying, head spinning, lack of balance or floating (e.g. from a stroke) / Taiwan pr. [xuan4 yun1]
(of workers) to have no work to do / to be underutilized (due to lack of supplies, poor organization by management etc)
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *叕* | 叕* | *叕
to join together / to lack / narrow and shallow
to start but not finish (idiom); to fail to carry things through / lack of sticking power / short attention span
to lie idle (of arable land) / fig. rusty because of lack of practice
lit. a person who has seen little of the world will be be astonished by certain things (idiom) / fig. to be taken aback by sth because of one's lack of sophistication; naive; unworldy
one day's sun, ten days' frost (idiom, from Mencius); fig. to work for a bit then skimp / sporadic effort / lack of sticking power / short attention span
lit. the eye cannot see the eyelashes (idiom); fig. unable to see one's own faults / to lack self-awareness / truths too close to home
to start on virtue but give up (idiom); to fail to carry things through / lack of sticking power / short attention span
to fall short in one's payments / to lack / to be short of
to speak in a frightened voice that lacks courage (idiom)
to start on virtue but give up (idiom); to fail to carry things through / lack of sticking power / short attention span
to not lack
(of a square shape, such as a house plan) to have a corner missing / (fig.) to lack something / missing piece
to lack food supplies
to try to rouse oneself but lack the strength (idiom)
(of income etc) to be unassured; to lack a reliable source
overweight from overwork (the supposition that white collar workers become fat as a consequence of factors associated with being under pressure at work, including irregular diet, lack of exercise and inadequate rest)
to completely lack; to have not even the slightest
frigidity (lack of libido)
to lack / to do without
disorderly / irregular / lack of order
to lack male offspring
to lack patience
lack of sleep / sleep deficit
ambitious despite a lack of talent (idiom)
(botany) an incomplete leaf – one that lacks a lamina, petiole, or stipule
imbalance / to become dysfunctional / to lack proper care (after an illness etc)
(idiom) to compensate for lack of ability with hard work


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