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  • short of
  • tired
Trad. 貧乏
  • impoverished
  • lacking
  • deficient
  • limited
  • meager
  • impoverishment
  • lack
  • deficiency
  • to lack; to be short of
  • to accept a position on a provisional basis, in the absence of better qualified candidates (humble expr.)
  • to relieve tiredness
  • to freshen up
Trad. 匱乏
  • to be deficient in sth
  • to be short of sth (supplies, money etc)
  • lacking in strength; weak; feeble
  • not up to the task
  • Potiphar, the captain of the pharaoh's guard (in the account of Joseph in the Book of Genesis)
Trad. 後繼乏人
  • see 後繼無人|后继无人[hou4 ji4 wu2 ren2]
Trad. 人困馬乏
  • riders tired and horses weary (idiom)
  • worn out
  • exhausted
  • spent
  • fatigued
Trad. 無虞匱乏
  • see 不虞匱乏|不虞匮乏[bu4 yu2 kui4 fa2]
Trad. 回天乏術
  • (idiom) nothing can be done to remedy the situation; beyond recovery
Trad. 分身乏術
  • to be up to one's ears in work (idiom)
  • to be unable to attend to other things at the same time

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