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- (of a position) to fall vacant
- vacant post; a vacancy
- (of regulation, service etc) unsatisfactory; dysfunctional
- (of an organ) to have insufficient blood supply
- (of a blood bank) to run low on blood supplies
- (of a square shape, such as a house plan) to have a corner missing
- (fig.) to lack something
- missing piece
Trad. 缺陣
- (sports) to miss a game (due to injury, suspension etc); to sit out a match
Trad. 補缺
- to fill a vacancy
- to make up for a shortage
- to supply a deficiency
Trad. 暫缺
- currently in short supply
- in deficit (of commodity)
- currently vacant (position)
Trad. 匱缺
- to be deficient in sth
- to be short of sth (supplies, money etc)
Trad. 虛缺號
- white square character ( □ ), used to represent a missing ideograph
Trad. 優缺點
- advantages and disadvantages; pros and cons; merits and shortcomings
Trad. 悲劇缺陷
- tragic flaw (Aristotle's hamartia)
- not a single one is dispensable
- can't do without either
Trad. 缺心眼兒
- erhua variant of 缺心眼[que1 xin1 yan3]
Trad. 抱殘守缺
- to cherish the outmoded and preserve the outworn (idiom); conservative
- stickler for tradition
Trad. 補缺拾遺
- see 拾遺補缺|拾遗补缺[shi2 yi2 bu3 que1]
Trad. 保殘守缺
- conservative
- to preserve the outmoded
Trad. 完好無缺
- in perfect condition
- without any defect
Trad. 寧缺勿濫
- same as 寧缺毋濫|宁缺毋滥[ning4 que1 wu2 lan4]
Trad. 寧缺毋濫
- better to have nothing (than substandard choice) (idiom); would prefer to go without than accept shoddy option
Trad. 完美無缺
- perfect and without blemish
- flawless
- to leave nothing to be desired
Trad. 拾遺補缺
- to remedy omissions and correct errors (idiom)
- attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
Trad. 自發對稱破缺
- spontaneous symmetry breaking (physics)
Trad. 人類免疫缺陷病毒
- human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
Trad. 注意力缺陷多動症
- attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
Trad. 注意力缺陷過動症
- attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)