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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 宁缺毋滥
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 宁缺毋滥 | nìng quē wú làn | - better to have nothing (than substandard choice) (idiom); would prefer to go without than accept shoddy option |
List Ranking:
Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.
| HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | - | 46,794 | 19,821 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 㝉 | zhù | - to store - to stand - space between the door and the entrance screen |
| 宁 | nìng | - old variant of 寧|宁[ning4] |
| 宁 | níng | - abbr. for Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region 寧夏回族自治區|宁夏回族自治区[Ning2xia4 Hui2zu2 Zi4zhi4qu1] - abbr. for Nanjing 南京[Nan2jing1] - surname Ning |
| 宁 | níng | - peaceful - to pacify - to visit (one's parents etc) |
| 宁 | nìng | - would rather - to prefer - how (emphatic) - Taiwan pr. [ning2] |
| 宁 | níng | - variant of 寧|宁[ning2] |
| 缺 | quē | - deficiency - lack - scarce - vacant post - to run short of |
| 毋 | wú | - surname Wu |
| 毋 | wú | - (literary) no - don't - to not have - nobody |
| 滥 | làn | - overflowing - excessive - indiscriminate |
Other Words Containing 宁缺毋滥
Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.
| Word | HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
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