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Chinese dictionary
- 1
v.lack; be short of
目前还不缺帮手。
There has been no shortage of helpers so far.
他们什么都不缺。
They are lacking in nothing.
我们缺资金。
We are short of funds.
antonym
- 2
adj.broken; imperfect
书的末尾缺一页。
The book wants a page at the end.
残缺
incomplete
完美无缺
flawless
- 3
v.be absent
缺勤
be absent
缺课
be absent from class
缺席
be absent
- 4
n.(generally of a post or work position) vacant
空缺
vacancy
出缺
fall vacant
Words and phrases with 缺
- 缺盆[word]supraclavicular fossa; Quepen
- 缺门[word]gap
- 缺席审判[word]trial by default
- 缺漏[word]gaps and omissions; omit
- 缺欠[word]shortcoming; lack
- 缺钙[word]be deficient in calcium
- 缺陷[word]defect
- 缺环[word]missing link
- 缺血[word]ischemia; run out of money
- 缺心眼儿[idiom]simple-minded; dull-witted
- 缺吃少穿[idiom]go short of food and clothes
- 缺一不可[idiom]None is dispensable.
- 缺衣少食[idiom]go short of food and clothes
- 缺心少肺[idiom]lack heart and be short of a lung
- 缺斤短两[idiom]give short weight