缺 quē
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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) -
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) -
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) -
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) -
quē
noun
a gap
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 空隙 (Guoyu '缺' n 1) -
quē
noun
a mistake
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 过错 (Guoyu '缺' n 2) -
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
- 语言缺陷(語言缺陷) speech defect
- 缺德事 misdeed; immoral action; wicked deed; a deliberate wrongdoing
- 肥缺 a lucrative post
- 人类免疫缺陷病毒(人類免疫缺陷病毒) human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
- 缺乏 to be short of; to lack
- 奇缺 very short of (food, clean water etc); extreme shortage; deficit
- 缺氧 lacking oxygen; anaerobic
- 列缺霹雳(列缺霹靂) thunder and lightning
- 完美无缺(完美無缺) perfect and without blemish; flawless; to leave nothing to be desired
- 缺衣少食 short of food and clothing; destitute
- 遗缺(遺缺) a vacancy
- 缺钱(缺錢) shortage of money
- 缺氧症 anoxia
- 宁缺毋滥(寧缺毋濫) rather have nothing
- 言语缺陷(言語缺陷) speech defect
- 月缺 new moon
- 稀缺 scarce; scarcity
- 注意力缺陷过动症(注意力缺陷過動症) attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
- 拾遗补缺(拾遺補缺) to remedy omissions and correct errors
- 破缺 breaking
- 缺心眼 stupid; senseless; dim-witted
- 圆缺(圓缺) waxing and waning (of the moon)
- 宁缺勿滥(寧缺勿濫) rather have nothing
- 不可或缺 necessary; must have
- 缺粮(缺糧) to lack food supplies
- 完好无缺(完好無缺) in perfect condition; without any defect
- 缺少 to lack
- 余缺(餘缺) surplus and shortfall
- 注意力缺失 attention deficit disorder; hyperactive disorder
- 缺勤 to be absent from work or school
- 缺角 (of a square shape, such as a house plan) to have a corner missing; to lack something
- 缺血 lack of blood
- 缺油 oil shortage
- 抱残守缺(抱殘守缺) to cherish the outmoded and preserve the outworn; conservative; stickler for tradition
- 缺损(缺損) defective; defect
- 缺陷 a defect; a flaw
- 缺额(缺額) vacancy
- 空缺 a vacant position; a vacancy
- 虚缺号(虛缺號) white square character ( □ ), used to represent a missing ideograph
- 败缺(敗缺) a handle; a loophole
- 缺嘴 harelip
- 零缺点(零缺點) zero defect; faultless; impeccable
- 悲剧缺陷(悲劇缺陷) tragic flaw (Aristotle's hamartia)
- 缺德 lacking in virtue; mischievous; wicked
- 短缺 shortage
- 保残守缺(保殘守缺) conservative; to preserve the outmoded
- 俭则不缺(儉則不缺) frugality prevents destitution
- 缺脣 cleft lip
- 无缺(無缺) whole
- 纳败缺(納敗缺) to lose; to be lacking
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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
- 卷十八 趙一 Chapter 18: Zhao I Stratagems of the Warring States 戰國策 — 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
- 卷六十九 志第四十五 選舉一 Volume 69 Treatises 45: Selection of Officials 1 History of Ming 明史 — count: 6
- 卷二百二十四 列傳第一百十二 嚴清 宋纁 陸光祖 孫鑨 陳有年 孫丕揚 蔡國珍 楊時喬 Volume 224 Biographies 112: Yan Qing, Song Xun, Lu Guangzu, Sun Long, Chen Younian, Sun Piyang, Cai Guozhen, Yang Shiqiao 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
- 微缺 (微缺) 王道微缺 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《周本紀》 Annals of Zhou — count: 4
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 缺盆 (缺盆) 陶者用缺盆 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷十七 說林訓 Chapter 17: A Forest of Persuasion — count: 2