MEANING/意义
    不足
      
  • bù zú
      
    sound for pinyin
      
      1
      
    to lack; shortage; weak points; shortcomings; insufficiency; to be insufficient
    Type adjective/形容词; noun/名词; verb/动词  
        
      2
      
    cannot; lacking; not worth; deficiency; inadequate; not enough; should not; insufficient
    Type adjective/形容词  
        
EXAMPLES/列句
  • 心气不足证
      
      
    xīn qì bù zú zhèng
      
    sound for pinyin
    (TCM)  heart qi deficiency syndrome

  • 不足为外人道
      
      
    bù zú wèi wài rén dào
      
    sound for pinyin
    not worth saying to outsiders
COMBINATIONS/组合
  • 不足之处
      
    bù zú zhī chù
      
    sound for pinyin
    defects; shortcomings

  • 不足为怪
      
    bù zú wéi guài
      
    sound for pinyin
    not weird; not surprising

  • 不足为训
      
    bù zú wéi xùn
      
    sound for pinyin
    not to be taken as an example; not to fit to serve as a model

  • 不足为奇
      
    bù zú wéi qí
      
    sound for pinyin
    not surprising at all

  • 微不足道
      
    wēi bù zú dào
      
    sound for pinyin
    negligible; insignificant

  • 微不足道
      
    wēi bù zú dào
      
    sound for pinyin
    negligible; insignificant

  • 美中不足
      
    měi zhōng bù zú
      
    sound for pinyin
    the only drawback; the only fly in the ointment; a flaw in an otherwise perfect thing

  • 存款不足
      
    cún kuǎn bù zú
      
    sound for pinyin
    no sufficient funds
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