匮乏 (匱乏)
kuì fá
Pinyin
Definition
匮乏 (匱乏)
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- to be deficient in sth
- to be short of sth (supplies, money etc)
Character Decomposition
Idioms (7)
乏善可陈
- 1 to be nothing to write home about (idiom)
人困马乏
- 1 riders tired and horses weary (idiom)
- 2 worn out
- 3 exhausted
- 4 spent
- 5 fatigued
分身乏术
- 1 to be up to one's ears in work (idiom)
- 2 to be unable to attend to other things at the same time
勤劳不虞匮乏
- 1 Poverty is a stranger to industry. (idiom)
单调乏味
- 1 monotonous
- 2 dull
- 3 tedious (idiom)