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Trad. 貧乏
- impoverished
- lacking
- deficient
- limited
- meager
- impoverishment
- lack
- deficiency
- to accept a position on a provisional basis, in the absence of better qualified candidates (humble expr.)
Trad. 匱乏
- to be deficient in sth
- to be short of sth (supplies, money etc)
- 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
- to try to rouse oneself but lack the strength (idiom)
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
Trad. 不虞匱乏
- to have ample supplies (or money etc)
Trad. 乏人照顧
- (of a person) left unattended
- not cared for
Trad. 乏善可陳
- (idiom) to be nothing to write home about
