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  Trad Simp Mandarin Definition Days old Ver
卑卑不足道 卑卑不足道 [bei1 bei1 bu4 zu2 dao4] /to be too petty or insignificant to mention/to not be worth mentioning (idiom)/ 6191 1
卑不足道 卑不足道 [bei1 bu4 zu2 dao4] /not worth mentioning/ 6191 1
比上不足,比下有餘 比上不足,比下有余 [[bi3shang4-bu4zu2, bi3xia4-you3yu2]] /neither the best nor the worst; not too bad; better than some/ 805 2
不足 不足 [bu4 zu2] /insufficient/lacking/deficiency/not enough/inadequate/not worth/cannot/should not/ 6055 1
不足齒數 不足齿数 [bu4 zu2 chi3 shu4] /not worth mentioning/not worth considering/ 5783 1
不足道 不足道 [bu4 zu2 dao4] /inconsiderable/of no consequence/not worth mentioning/ 6191 1
不足掛齒 不足挂齿 [bu4 zu2 gua4 chi3] /not worth mentioning (idiom)/ 5138 1
不足為道 不足为道 [bu4 zu2 wei2 dao4] /to be not worth mentioning/ 5789 1
不足為怪 不足为怪 [bu4 zu2 wei2 guai4] /not at all surprising (idiom)/ 4124 1
不足為慮 不足为虑 [bu4 zu2 wei2 lü4] /to give no cause for anxiety; nothing to worry about/ 1254 1
不足為奇 不足为奇 [bu4 zu2 wei2 qi2] /not at all surprising (idiom)/ 6099 1
不足為訓 不足为训 [bu4 zu2 wei2 xun4] /not to be taken as an example/not an example to be followed/not to be taken as authoritative/ 7102 1
不足月 不足月 [bu4 zu2 yue4] /premature (birth, child)/ 5443 1
不足為外人道 不足为外人道 [[bu4zu2 wei4 wai4ren2 dao4]] /(idiom) no need to tell others; let's keep this between ourselves/also pr. [bu4zu2 wei2 wai4ren2 dao4]/ 548 2
成事不足,敗事有餘 成事不足,败事有余 [cheng2 shi4 bu4 zu2 , bai4 shi4 you3 yu2] /unable to accomplish anything but liable to spoil everything (idiom)/unable to do anything right/never make, but always mar/ 5382 1
美中不足 美中不足 [mei3 zhong1 bu4 zu2] /everything is fine except for one small defect (idiom); the fly in the ointment/ 6333 1
人心不足蛇吞象 人心不足蛇吞象 [ren2 xin1 bu4 zu2 she2 tun1 xiang4] /a man who is never content is like a snake trying to swallow an elephant (idiom)/ 5795 1
貪心不足 贪心不足 [tan1 xin1 bu4 zu2] /avaricious and insatiable (idiom); greedy and never satisfied/ 6333 1
微不足道 微不足道 [[wei1bu4zu2dao4]] /(idiom) negligible; insignificant/ 55 2
先天不足 先天不足 [xian1 tian1 bu4 zu2] /to suffer from a congenital deficiency; to have an inherent weakness/ 991 1
先天不足,後天失調 先天不足,后天失调 [xian1 tian1 bu4 zu2 , hou4 tian1 shi1 tiao2] /to be born with a weak constitution and suffer from ill health during one's life/(fig.) to be problematic from the start, and get even worse over time/ 1623 1
心有餘,力不足 心有余,力不足 [xin1 you3 yu2 , li4 bu4 zu2] /The will is there, but not the strength (idiom, from Confucian Analects)./I really want to do it, but don't have the resources./The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak./ 6329 1
心有餘而力不足 心有余而力不足 [xin1 you3 yu2 er2 li4 bu4 zu2] /the will is there, but not the strength (idiom)/the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak/ 3797 1
心餘力絀 心余力绌 [xin1 yu2 li4 chu4] /see 心有餘而力不足|心有余而力不足[xin1 you3 yu2 er2 li4 bu4 zu2]/ 3797 1
學然後知不足 学然后知不足 [xue2 ran2 hou4 zhi1 bu4 zu2] /to learn is to know one's ignorance (the Book of Rites 禮記|礼记[Li3 ji4])/ 4967 1
注意力不足過動症 注意力不足过动症 [zhu4 yi4 li4 bu4 zu2 guo4 dong4 zheng4] /attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)/ 4698 1

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