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HSK 6
不足
bùzú
1.
insufficient
2.
lacking
3.
deficiency
4.
not enough
5.
inadequate
6.
not worth
7.
cannot
8.
should not
HSK 5
Very Common • Top 4%
Character Breakdown
Compound Words (20)
不足月
bùzúyuè
premature (birth, child)
不足道
bùzúdào
inconsiderable
不足挂齿
bùzúguàchǐ
not worth mentioning (idiom)
不足为奇
bùzúwéiqí
not at all surprising (idiom)
不足为虑
bùzúwéilǚ
to give no cause for anxiety
不足为训
bùzúwéixùn
not to be taken as an example
不足为道
bùzúwéidào
to be not worth mentioning
不足齿数
bùzúchǐshù
not worth mentioning
先天不足
xiāntiānbùzú
congenital deficiency
卑不足道
bēibùzúdào
not worth mentioning
微不足道
wēibùzúdào
negligible
睡眠不足
shuìmiánbùzú
lack of sleep
美中不足
měizhōngbùzú
everything is fine except for one small defect (idiom); the fly in the ointment
贫不足耻
pínbùzúchǐ
it is no disgrace to be poor (idiom)
贪心不足
tānxīnbùzú
avaricious and insatiable (idiom); greedy and never satisfied
不足的地方
bùzúdedìfang
defect
卑卑不足道
bēibēibùzúdào
to be too petty or insignificant to mention
不足为外人道
bùzúwéiwàiréndào
no use to tell others
学然后知不足
xuéránhòuzhībùzú
to learn is to know one's ignorance (the Book of Rites [[禮記|礼记<Lǐjì>]])
人心不足蛇吞象
rénxīnbùzúshétūnxiàng
a man who is never content is like a snake trying to swallow an elephant (idiom)
Metadata
- Category
- Chinese
- Word Frequency Rank
- 3,647 of 84,292