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

• 兔缺 cleft lip
• 虚缺号(虛缺號) white square character ( □ ), used to represent a missing ideograph
• 缺一不可 not a single one is dispensable; can't do without either
• 亏缺(虧缺) to be lacking; to fall short of; to wane; deficit; deficient
• 缺点(缺點) weak point; fault; shortcoming
• 缺少 to lack
• 缺油 oil shortage
• 暂缺(暫缺) currently in short supply; in deficit (of commodity); currently vacant (position)
• 月缺 new moon
• 保残守缺(保殘守缺) conservative; to preserve the outmoded
• 不可或缺 necessary; must have
• 缺德鬼 public nuisance; a wicked, mean spirited individual
• 自发对称破缺(自發對稱破缺) spontaneous symmetry breaking
• 缺损(缺損) defective; defect
• 肥缺 a lucrative post
• 缺陷 a defect; a flaw
• 缺氧症 anoxia
• 对称破缺(對稱破缺) symmetry breaking
• 宁缺勿滥(寧缺勿濫) rather have nothing
• 缺漏 to overlook; omissions; deficiencies
• 残缺(殘缺) badly damaged; shattered
• 纳败缺(納敗缺) to lose; to be lacking
• 完好无缺(完好無缺) in perfect condition; without any defect
• 言语缺陷(言語缺陷) speech defect
• 缺衣少食 short of food and clothing; destitute
• 人类免疫缺陷病毒(人類免疫缺陷病毒) human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
• 败缺(敗缺) a handle; a loophole
• 不可缺少 indispensable
• 俭则不缺(儉則不缺) frugality prevents destitution
• 职缺(職缺) (job) opening
• 拾遗补缺(拾遺補缺) to remedy omissions and correct errors
• 注意力缺失症 attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
• 残缺不全(殘缺不全) damaged and incomplete
• 出生缺陷 birth defect
• 缺氧 lacking oxygen; anaerobic
• 缺心少肺 brainless; stupid
• 完美无缺(完美無缺) perfect and without blemish; flawless; to leave nothing to be desired
• 缺嘴 harelip
• 缺乏 to be short of; to lack
• 奇缺 very short of (food, clean water etc); extreme shortage; deficit
• 候缺 waiting for a vacancy
• 缺憾 a regret; something regrettable
• 悲剧缺陷(悲劇缺陷) tragic flaw (Aristotle's hamartia)
• 注意力缺失 attention deficit disorder; hyperactive disorder
• 或缺 to lack; to do without
• 缺心眼 stupid; senseless; dim-witted
• 缺脣 cleft lip
• 遇缺不补(遇缺不補) to close an open position
• 能源短缺 energy shortage
• 缺额(缺額) vacancy

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Truncated for common words

• 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
• 卷十 敬慎 Chapter 10: Being Reverent and Catious Garden of Stories 說苑 — count: 6
• 卷一百六十一 列傳第四十九 周新 李昌祺 陳士啟 應履平 林碩 況鍾 陳本深 彭勖 夏時 黃潤玉 楊瓚 劉實 陳選 夏寅 陳壯 張昺 宋端儀 Volume 161 Biographies 49: Zhou Xin, Li Changqi, Chen Shiqi, Ying Luping, Lin Shuo, Kuang Zhong, Chen Benshen, Peng Xu, Xia Shi, Huang Runyu, Yang Zan, Liu Shi, Chen Xuan, Xia Yin, Chen Zhuang, Zhang Bing, Song Duanyi 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 内史缺 (內史缺) 梁內史缺 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《韓長孺列傳》 Biography of Han Changru — count: 2