缺 quē

1. quē verb be short of; to lack
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 不足 (Guoyu '缺' v 1; NCCED '缺' 1, p. 1601; Unihan '缺'; XHZD '缺' 1, p. 624)
2. quē adjective incomplete; broken
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 殘破的 (Guoyu '缺' adj; NCCED '缺' 2, p. 1601; XHZD '缺' 2, p. 624)
3. quē verb to be absent
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '缺' v 3; NCCED '缺' 3, p. 1601; XHZD '缺' 3, p. 624)
4. quē noun a vacant position
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '缺' n 3; NCCED '缺' 4, p. 1601; XHZD '缺' 4, p. 624)
5. quē noun a gap
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 空隙 (Guoyu '缺' n 1)
6. quē noun a mistake
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 过错 (Guoyu '缺' n 2)
7. quē verb to decline; to weaken
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 衰微 (Guoyu '缺' v 2)

Contained in

• 出生缺陷 birth defect
• 余缺(餘缺) surplus and shortfall
• 缺额(缺額) vacancy
• 缺德鬼 public nuisance; a wicked, mean spirited individual
• 缺口 gap
• 言语缺陷(言語缺陷) speech defect
• 缺脣 cleft lip
• 缺心眼儿(缺心眼兒) stupid
• 缺一不可 not a single one is dispensable; can't do without either
• 补缺(補缺) to fill a vacancy; to make up for a shortage; to supply a deficiency
• 亏缺(虧缺) to be lacking; to fall short of; to wane; deficit; deficient
• 短缺 shortage
• 缺少 to lack
• 缺省 default
• 缺损(缺損) defective; defect
• 暂缺(暫缺) currently in short supply; in deficit (of commodity); currently vacant (position)
• 宁缺勿滥(寧缺勿濫) rather have nothing
• 抱残守缺(抱殘守缺) to cherish the outmoded and preserve the outworn; conservative; stickler for tradition
• 保残守缺(保殘守缺) conservative; to preserve the outmoded
• 缺德 lacking in virtue; mischievous; wicked
• 缺血 lack of blood
• 缺氧症 anoxia
• 缺钱(缺錢) shortage of money
• 缺货(缺貨) lack of supplies; unavailable goods
• 缺陷 a defect; a flaw
• 零缺点(零缺點) zero defect; faultless; impeccable
• 语言缺陷(語言缺陷) speech defect
• 缺氧 lacking oxygen; anaerobic
• 悲剧缺陷(悲劇缺陷) tragic flaw (Aristotle's hamartia)
• 残缺(殘缺) badly damaged; shattered
• 列缺霹雳(列缺霹靂) thunder and lightning
• 缺衣少食 short of food and clothing; destitute
• 注意力缺陷过动症(注意力缺陷過動症) attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
• 完美无缺(完美無缺) perfect and without blemish; flawless; to leave nothing to be desired
• 虚缺号(虛缺號) white square character ( □ ), used to represent a missing ideograph
• 人类免疫缺陷病毒(人類免疫缺陷病毒) human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
• 不可或缺 necessary; must have
• 列缺 lightning
• 或缺 to lack; to do without
• 缺水 water shortage; dehydration
• 无缺(無缺) whole
• 对称破缺(對稱破缺) symmetry breaking
• 缺失 a deficiency; a shortcoming; a hiatus
• 匮缺(匱缺) to be deficient in something; to be short of something (supplies, money etc)
• 缺德事 misdeed; immoral action; wicked deed; a deliberate wrongdoing
• 缺心眼 stupid; senseless; dim-witted
• 拾遗补缺(拾遺補缺) to remedy omissions and correct errors
• 紧缺(緊缺) in short supply; scarce
• 遇缺不补(遇缺不補) to close an open position
• 先天性缺陷 birth defect

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• 卷七十一 志第四十七 選舉三 Volume 71 Treatises 47: Selection of Officials 3 History of Ming 明史 — count: 16
• 卷六十五　志第十七上: 河渠二 Volume 65 Treatises 18: Rivers and Canals 2 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 13
• 卷二十一　趙四 Chapter 21: Zhao IV Stratagems of the Warring States 戰國策 — count: 11
• 卷十八　趙一 Chapter 18: Zhao I Stratagems of the Warring States 戰國策 — count: 10
• 卷四十一 列傳第十一 魏舒 李憙 劉寔 高光 Volume 41 Biographies 11: Wei Shu; Li Xi; Liu Shi; Gao Guang Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 10
• 卷五　秦三 Chapter 5: Qin III Stratagems of the Warring States 戰國策 — count: 10
• 卷三十　燕二 Chapter 30: Yan II Stratagems of the Warring States 戰國策 — count: 8
• Daode Jing 《道德經》 Daode Jing 道德經 — count: 7
• 卷一百三十二　　列傳第五十七　　　　劉吳韋蔣柳沈 Volume 132 Biographies 57: Liu, Wu, Wei, Jiang, Liu, Shen New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 6
• 卷三百〇八 列傳第一百九十六 奸臣 胡惟庸 陳瑛 嚴嵩 周延儒 溫體仁 馬士英 Volume 308 Biographies 196: Treacherous Officials - Hu Weiyong, Chen Ying, Yan Song, Zhou Yanru, Wen Tiren, Ma ShiYing History of Ming 明史 — count: 6

Collocations

• 郤缺 (郤缺) 郤缺獲白狄子 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 23
• 缺帅 (缺帥) 晉郤缺帥師伐蔡 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 文公 Lord Wen — count: 7
• 御史大夫缺 (御史大夫缺) 及御史大夫缺 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷五十八 公孫弘卜式兒寬傳 Volume 58: Gongsun Hong, Bu Shi and Er Kuan — count: 6
• 书缺 (書缺) 書缺有閒矣 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《本紀‧五帝本紀》 Annals - Annals of the Five Emperors — count: 5
• 道缺 (道缺) 婚姻之道缺 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧鄭‧丰 Lessons from the states - Odes of Zheng - Qian Chang — count: 4
• 微缺 (微缺) 王道微缺 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《周本紀》 Annals of Zhou — count: 4
• 齧缺 (齧缺) 齧缺問道於被衣 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷十二　道應訓 Chapter 12: Responses of the Way — count: 3
• 玷缺 (玷缺) 自著復玷缺之艱難 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷七十三 韋賢傳 Volume 73: Wei Xian — count: 3
• 王道缺 (王道缺) 王道缺而詩作 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷十三　氾論訓 Chapter 13: Overflowing Discussions — count: 3
• 牛缺 (牛缺) 秦牛缺徑於山中而遇盜 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷十八　人間訓 Chapter 18: The Human World — count: 2