不足

不足

lacking

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MEANING8 meanings

MEANING

  1. adjective

    lacking

    缺少;不够quēshǎo;búgòu

    • Time is running out.

    + 2 more examples for this meaning
    • I haven't been getting enough sleep lately.

    • I've been getting a lack of sleep lately.

  2. adjective

    deficiency

    缺少;不够;没有那么多quēshǎo; búgòu; méiyǒu nàme duō

    • We still have shortcomings.

  3. adjective

    not enough

    数量或程度不够;缺少shùliàng huò chéngdù búgòu;quēshǎo

    • There isn't enough time left.

  4. adjective

    inadequate

    不够;缺少;达不到需要的程度búgòu;quēshǎo;dádaobù zhàooxūyào de chéngdù

    • We don't have enough time, let's go quickly.

  5. adjective

    insufficient

    数量或程度不够;达不到需要的标准shùliàng huò chéngdù búgòu; dádaobúdào xūyào de biāozhǔn

  6. adjective

    not worth

    • This is nothing to be surprised about.

  7. verb

    cannot

    • He is not capable of completing this task.

  8. verb

    should not

    不够;缺少;不值得búgòu; quēshǎo; búzhíde

    • This is hardly surprising.

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CHARACTER ANALYSIS

A bird flying swiftly upward and never willing to return represents the meaning of swift and unyielding.

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