不足 meaning - Chinese-English Dictionary

汉英词典

MEANING OF 不足 hsk 5

bù zú

不足

Definition insufficient / lacking / deficiency / not enough / inadequate / not worth / cannot / should not

Usage

Synonyms 紧张缺乏贫乏短小匮乏枯竭捉襟见肘青黄不接左支右绌

Antonym 有余充分足够过剩

中文释义不充足，不够。不可，不能。不值得，不必。不难。犹不尽。 6.犹不致。

Characters 不 bù/bú 足 zú

COMMON WORDS WITH 不足
	不足以 bù zú yǐ insufficient / inadequate / not enough
	微不足道 hsk 6 wēi bù zú dào negligible / insignificant hsk 6
	不足为奇 ( 不足為奇 ) bù zú wéi qí not at all surprising (idiom) ( 不足為奇 )
	不一而足 bù yī ér zú by no means an isolated case / numerous
	不足道 bù zú dào inconsiderable / of no consequence / not worth mentioning
	美中不足 měi zhōng bù zú everything is fine except for one small defect (idiom); the fly in the ointment
	先天不足 xiān tiān bù zú congenital deficiency / inherent weakness
	不足为凭 ( 不足爲憑 ) bù zú wéi píng Not justified ( 不足爲憑 )
	不足为怪 ( 不足為怪 ) bù zú wéi guài not at all surprising (idiom) ( 不足為怪 )
	心有余而力不足 ( 心有餘而力不足 ) xīn yǒu yú ér lì bù zú the will is there, but not the strength (idiom) / the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak ( 心有餘而力不足 )
	成事不足 chéng shì bù zú Underachievement
	死不足惜 sǐ bù zú xī Death is not to be regretted.
	不足挂齿 ( 不足掛齒 ) bù zú guà chǐ not worth mentioning (idiom) ( 不足掛齒 )
	不足取 bù zú qǔ paltriness / paltrily / count for little
	不足者 bù zú zhě Inadequate
	比上不足 bǐ shàng bù zú Less than better
	不足为外人道 ( 不足為外人道 ) bù zú wéi wài rén dào no use to tell others / let's keep this between ourselves (idiom) ( 不足為外人道 )
	贪心不足 ( 貪心不足 ) tān xīn bù zú avaricious and insatiable (idiom); greedy and never satisfied ( 貪心不足 )
	学然后知不足 ( 學然後知不足 ) xué rán hòu zhī bù zú to learn is to know one's ignorance (the Book of Rites 禮記\|礼记[Li3 ji4]) ( 學然後知不足 )
	不足为训 ( 不足為訓 ) bù zú wéi xùn not to be taken as an example / not an example to be followed / not to be taken as authoritative ( 不足為訓 )

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