不足 bùzú

1. bùzú adjective not worth
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (CC-CEDICT '不足'; Guoyu '不足' 1)
2. bùzú phrase not enough
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (CC-CEDICT '不足'; Guoyu '不足' 2)
3. bùzú phrase not capable
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 不能 (Guoyu '不足' 3)
4. bùzú phrase not capable
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 不难 (Guoyu '不足' 4)

Contained in

• 微不足道 too insignificant to mention
• 人心不足蛇吞象 a man who is never content is like a snake trying to swallow an elephant
• 卑卑不足道 to be too petty or insignificant to mention; to not be worth mentioning
• 不足道 inconsiderable; of no consequence; not worth mentioning
• 心有余而力不足(心有餘而力不足) the will is there, but not the strength; the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak
• 不足为外人道(不足為外人道) no use to tell others; let's keep this between ourselves
• 睡眠不足 lack of sleep; sleep deficit
• 学然后知不足(學然後知不足) to learn is to know one's ignorance (the Book of Rites 禮記|礼记)
• 卑不足道 not worth mentioning
• 注意力不足过动症(注意力不足過動症) attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
• 不足月 premature (birth, child)
• 比上不足比下有余(比上不足比下有餘) to fall short of the best but be better than the worst; can pass muster
• 不足挂齿(不足掛齒) not worth mentioning
• 不足为怪(不足為怪) not surprising at all
• 不足为虑(不足為慮) to give no cause for anxiety; nothing to worry about
• 不足为奇(不足為奇) not unusual; not out of the ordinary
• 不足介意 not worthy of consideration
• 成事不足，败事有余(成事不足，敗事有餘) unable to accomplish anything but liable to spoil everything; unable to do anything right
• 心有余，力不足(心有餘，力不足) The will is there, but not the strength (idiom, from Confucian Analects).; I really want to do it, but don't have the resources.
• 不足为训(不足為訓) not to be taken as an example; not an example to be followed; not to be taken as authoritative
• 美中不足 everything is fine except for one small flaw
• 贪心不足(貪心不足) avaricious and insatiable; greedy and never satisfied
• 衣食不足 insufficient food and clothing
• 不足齿数(不足齒數) not worth mentioning; not worth considering
• 贫不足耻(貧不足恥) it is no disgrace to be poor
• 不足为道(不足為道) to be not worth mentioning
• 先天不足 congenital deficiency; inherent weakness

Also contained in

竖子不足与谋

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• Daode Jing 《道德經》 Daode Jing 道德經 — count: 36
• 卷九　主術訓 Chapter 9: The Sovereign's Methods Huainanzi 淮南子 — count: 21
• 卷一百七十八 志第一百三十一 食貨上六 Volume 178 Treatises 131: Finance and Economics 1f History of Song 宋史 — count: 19
• 卷三十三 志第十三: 曆二 Volume 33 Treatises 13: Calendar 2 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 16
• 《八佾第三》 Commentary on Ba Yi III Commentaries on the Four Books by Zhu Xi 朱熹四書章句集注 — count: 16
• 卷四十九 王充王符仲長統列傳 Volume 49: Biographies of Wang Chong, Wang Fu, Zhongchang Tong Book of Later Han 後漢書 — count: 16
• 卷四百三十六 列傳第一百九十五 儒林六 陳亮 鄭樵林霆 李道傳 Volume 436 Biographies 195: Confucian Scholars 6 - Chen Liang, Zheng Qiaolinting, Li Daochuan History of Song 宋史 — count: 15
• 富國篇第十 Chapter 10: Enriching the State Xunzi 荀子 — count: 14
• 卷一　Scroll 1 Discourses on Salt and Iron 鹽鐵論 — count: 14
• 卷六　Scroll 6 Discourses on Salt and Iron 鹽鐵論 — count: 14

Collocations

• 财不足 (財不足) 財不足則反之時 — Mozi 墨子, 卷一 七患 Book 1 - The Seven Worries — count: 7
• 不足征 (不足徵) 杞不足徵也 — The Analects of Confucius 論語, 3. 《八佾》 Ba Yi — count: 5
• 日不足 (日不足) 維日不足 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 小雅‧鹿鳴之什‧天保 Minor odes of the kingdom - Decade Of Lu Ming - Tian Bao — count: 5
• 力不足 (力不足) 我未見力不足者 — The Analects of Confucius 論語, 4. 《里仁》 Li Ren — count: 5
• 刑罚不足 (刑罰不足) 刑罰不足恥也 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《緇衣》 The Black Robes — count: 4
• 补不足 (補不足) 春省耕而補不足 — Mencius 孟子, 梁惠王下 King Hui of Liang II — count: 4
• 不足以为 (不足以為) 不足以為士矣 — The Analects of Confucius 論語, 14. 《憲問》 Xian Wen — count: 4
• 知不足 (知不足) 知不足也 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 4
• 敬不足 (敬不足) 謂敬不足行 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 泰誓中 Zhou Shu - Great Declaration II — count: 3
• 曰不足 (曰不足) 曰不足 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 莊公 Lord Zhang — count: 3