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quē shǎo
v. lack, be short of, be deficient
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Simplified Chinese

Traditional Chinese

Simplified stroke orders are based on the 'Standard of National Commonly-used Mandarin Chinese Characters (现代汉语通用字笔顺规范)', issued by the China National Language and Character Working Committee (国家语言文字工作委员会) on April 7th 1997. Traditional stroke orders are based on information issued by the Taiwan Ministry of Education.
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jīng cháng quē shǎo shuì mián ràng tā shén jīng shuāi ruò .
phr. She suffered a nervous breakdown because of lacking of sleep often.
quē shǎo shí yàn yī jù
phr. be short of experimental evidence
bù kě quē shǎo
adj. indispensable, cannot be short (of sth.)
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nǐ kàn hái quē shǎo shén me, wǒ xiàn zài jiù qù mǎi .
phr. Take a look and see what we are still short of. I will go buy them.
shēng huó zhōng bù kě quē shǎo de yí bù fèn
phr. an indispensable part of life
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zhè shì yīn wèi ér tóng quē shǎo pàn duàn néng lì .
phr. This is because children lack the ability to judge.