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Trad	Simp	Mandarin	Definition	Days old	Ver
保殘守缺	保残守缺	[bao3 can2 shou3 que1]	/conservative/to preserve the outmoded/	6632	1
抱殘守缺	抱残守缺	[bao4 can2 shou3 que1]	/to cherish the outmoded and preserve the outworn (idiom); conservative/stickler for tradition/	6310	1
悲劇缺陷	悲剧缺陷	[bei1 ju4 que1 xian4]	/tragic flaw (Aristotle's hamartia)/	6799	1
必不可缺	必不可缺	[bi4 bu4 ke3 que1]	/see 必不可少[bi4 bu4 ke3 shao3]/	5295	1
補闕	补阙	[bu3 que1]	/old variant of 補缺\|补缺[bu3 que1]/	4971	1
補缺	补缺	[bu3 que1]	/to fill a vacancy/to make up for a shortage/to supply a deficiency/	6621	1
補缺拾遺	补缺拾遗	[bu3 que1 shi2 yi2]	/see 拾遺補缺\|拾遗补缺[shi2 yi2 bu3 que1]/	3786	1
不可或缺	不可或缺	[bu4 ke3 huo4 que1]	/necessary/must have/	7107	1
不可缺少	不可缺少	[bu4 ke3 que1 shao3]	/indispensable/	7107	1
殘缺	残缺	[can2 que1]	/badly damaged/shattered/	7058	1
出缺	出缺	[chu1 que1]	/to fall vacant/a job opening at a high level/	6797	1
出生缺陷	出生缺陷	[chu1 sheng1 que1 xian4]	/birth defect/	7107	1
短斤缺兩	短斤缺两	[duan3 jin1 que1 liang3]	/to give short weight/	1199	1
短缺	短缺	[duan3 que1]	/shortage/	7107	1
對稱破缺	对称破缺	[dui4 chen4 po4 que1]	/symmetry breaking (physics)/	6517	1
肥缺	肥缺	[fei2 que1]	/lucrative post/	6615	1
候缺	候缺	[hou4 que1]	/waiting for a vacancy/	6715	1
或缺	或缺	[huo4 que1]	/to lack/to do without/	2385	1
緊缺	紧缺	[jin3 que1]	/in short supply/scarce/	3821	1
空缺	空缺	[kong4 que1]	/vacancy/	6864	1
虧缺	亏缺	[kui1 que1]	/to be lacking/to fall short of/to wane/deficit/deficient/	5649	1
匱缺	匮缺	[kui4 que1]	/to be deficient in sth/to be short of sth (supplies, money etc)/	6073	1
列缺	列缺	[lie4 que1]	/lightning (archaic word)/	6755	1
列缺霹靂	列缺霹雳	[lie4 que1 pi1 li4]	/lightning and thunder/	1291	1
零缺點	零缺点	[ling2 que1 dian3]	/zero defect/faultless/impeccable/	6542	1
寧缺毋濫	宁缺毋滥	[ning4 que1 wu2 lan4]	/better to have nothing (than substandard choice) (idiom); would prefer to go without than accept shoddy option/	6338	1
寧缺勿濫	宁缺勿滥	[ning4 que1 wu4 lan4]	/same as 寧缺毋濫\|宁缺毋滥[ning4 que1 wu2 lan4]/	5027	1
破缺	破缺	[po4 que1]	/breaking/	6517	1
奇缺	奇缺	[qi2 que1]	/very short of (food, clean water etc)/extreme shortage/deficit/	6660	1
欠缺	欠缺	[qian4 que1]	/to be deficient in/lapse/deficiency/	4063	1
缺	缺	[que1]	/deficiency/lack/scarce/vacant post/to run short of/	6621	1
闕	阙	[que1]	/used in place of 缺 (old)/mistake/	5918	1
缺德鬼	缺德鬼	[que1 de2 gui3]	/public nuisance/a wicked, mean spirited individual/	6469	1
缺德事	缺德事	[que1 de2 shi4]	/misdeed/immoral action/wicked deed/a deliberate wrongdoing/	6469	1
缺點	缺点	[que1 dian3]	/weak point/fault/shortcoming/disadvantage/CL:個\|个[ge4]/	5003	1
缺額	缺额	[que1 e2]	/vacancy/	6478	1
缺乏症	缺乏症	[que1 fa2 zheng4]	/clinical deficiency/	6660	1
缺憾	缺憾	[que1 han4]	/a regret/sth regrettable/	6883	1
缺貨	缺货	[que1 huo4]	/lack of supplies/unavailable goods/	6582	1
缺角	缺角	[que1 jiao3]	/(of a square shape, such as a house plan) to have a corner missing/(fig.) to lack something/missing piece/	3394	1
缺斤短兩	缺斤短两	[que1 jin1 duan3 liang3]	/to give short weight/	1199	1
缺斤少兩	缺斤少两	[que1 jin1 shao3 liang3]	/to give short weight/	1199	1
缺口	缺口	[que1 kou3]	/nick/jag/gap/shortfall/	7027	1
缺糧	缺粮	[que1 liang2]	/to lack food supplies/	6133	1
缺漏	缺漏	[que1 lou4]	/to overlook/omissions/deficiencies/	5399	1
缺錢	缺钱	[que1 qian2]	/shortage of money/	6653	1
缺勤	缺勤	[que1 qin2]	/to be absent from work or school/	3620	1
缺少	缺少	[que1 shao3]	/lack/shortage of/shortfall/to be short (of)/to lack/	6613	1
缺省	缺省	[que1 sheng3]	/default (setting)/	6437	1
缺水	缺水	[que1 shui3]	/water shortage/dehydration/	4241	1
缺損	缺损	[que1 sun3]	/defective/defect/	3975	1
缺位	缺位	[que1 wei4]	/(of a position) to fall vacant/vacant post; a vacancy/(of regulation, service etc) unsatisfactory; dysfunctional/	1255	1
缺心少肺	缺心少肺	[que1 xin1 shao3 fei4]	/brainless/stupid/	6804	1
缺心眼	缺心眼	[que1 xin1 yan3]	/stupid/senseless/dim-witted/	5154	1
缺心眼兒	缺心眼儿	[que1 xin1 yan3 r5]	/erhua variant of 缺心眼[que1 xin1 yan3]/	5154	1
缺氧	缺氧	[que1 yang3]	/lacking oxygen/anaerobic/	7107	1
缺氧症	缺氧症	[que1 yang3 zheng4]	/anoxia/	7107	1
缺一不可	缺一不可	[que1 yi1 bu4 ke3]	/not a single one is dispensable/can't do without either/	4722	1
缺衣少食	缺衣少食	[que1 yi1 shao3 shi2]	/short of food and clothing/destitute/	6804	1
缺油	缺油	[que1 you2]	/oil shortage/	6653	1
缺嘴	缺嘴	[que1 zui3]	/harelip/	6613	1
缺德	缺德	[[que1de2]]	/mean; nasty; reprehensible; unprincipled/	942	2
缺電	缺电	[[que1dian4]]	/to have a power shortage/	697	2
缺乏	缺乏	[[que1fa2]]	/to lack; to be short of/	853	2
缺覺	缺觉	[[que1jiao4]]	/to lack sleep; to be sleep-deprived/	219	2
缺失	缺失	[[que1shi1]]	/lack; deficiency/shortcoming; flaw; defect/to be deficient; to lack/	876	2
缺席	缺席	[[que1xi2]]	/to be absent/	844	2
缺陷	缺陷	[[que1xian4]]	/defect; flaw/	860	2
缺血	缺血	[[que1xue4]]	/(medicine) (of an organ or tissue) to have an insufficient blood supply/(of a blood bank) to run low on blood supplies/	217	2
缺陣	缺阵	[[que1zhen4]]	/(sports) to miss a game (due to injury, suspension etc); to sit out a match/	697	2
人類免疫缺陷病毒	人类免疫缺陷病毒	[ren2 lei4 mian3 yi4 que1 xian4 bing4 du2]	/human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)/	7107	1
傻缺	傻缺	[[sha3que1]]	/(slang) idiot; fool/	212	2
拾遺補缺	拾遗补缺	[shi2 yi2 bu3 que1]	/to remedy omissions and correct errors (idiom)/	3786	1
完好無缺	完好无缺	[wan2 hao3 wu2 que1]	/in perfect condition/without any defect/	3799	1
完美無缺	完美无缺	[wan2 mei3 wu2 que1]	/perfect and without blemish/flawless/to leave nothing to be desired/	7107	1
無缺	无缺	[wu2 que1]	/whole/	7107	1
稀缺	稀缺	[xi1 que1]	/scarce/scarcity/	4152	1
先天性缺陷	先天性缺陷	[xian1 tian1 xing4 que1 xian4]	/birth defect/	7107	1
虛缺號	虚缺号	[[xu1que1hao4]]	/white square character ( □ ), used to represent a missing ideograph/	85	2
言語缺陷	言语缺陷	[yan2 yu3 que1 xian4]	/speech defect/	6759	1
遺缺	遗缺	[yi2 que1]	/vacancy/	6690	1
優缺點	优缺点	[[you1-que1dian3]]	/advantages and disadvantages; pros and cons; merits and shortcomings/	384	2
餘缺	余缺	[yu2 que1]	/surplus and shortfall/	6613	1
圓缺	圆缺	[yuan2 que1]	/waxing and waning (of the moon)/	2939	1
月缺	月缺	[yue4 que1]	/new moon/	2949	1
暫缺	暂缺	[zan4 que1]	/currently in short supply/in deficit (of commodity)/currently vacant (position)/	6842	1
職缺	职缺	[zhi2 que1]	/(job) opening/	2475	1
注意力缺失症	注意力缺失症	[zhu4 yi4 li4 que1 shi1 zheng4]	/attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)/	4703	1
注意力缺陷多動症	注意力缺陷多动症	[zhu4 yi4 li4 que1 xian4 duo1 dong4 zheng4]	/attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)/	2189	1
注意力缺陷過動症	注意力缺陷过动症	[zhu4 yi4 li4 que1 xian4 guo4 dong4 zheng4]	/attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)/	4496	1
自發對稱破缺	自发对称破缺	[zi4 fa1 dui4 chen4 po4 que1]	/spontaneous symmetry breaking (physics)/	6517	1

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