You're impatient.
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缺乏
quē fá
HSK 3.0 · 5HSK 2.0 · 5
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quē fá · kyut3 fat6 (Jyutping)
- to lack; to be short of
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Character breakdown
缺
- Meaning
- be short of, lack; gap, deficit
- Radical
- 缶
- Strokes
- 10
- Components
- ⿰缶夬
- Cangjie
- OUDK
- Four-corner
- 8573.0
乏
- Meaning
- lack; poor
- Radical
- 丿
- Strokes
- 4
- Components
- ⿱丿之
- Cangjie
- HINO
- Four-corner
- 2030.7
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Example sentences
He lacks common sense.
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