缺少

Pinyin: quēshǎo

to be short (of); lack; shortage of; shortfall

Example sentence

水是生命所不可缺少的。

Shuǐ shì shēngmìng suǒ bù kě quēshǎo de.

Water is essential to life.

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What 缺少 means

缺少 (quēshǎo) is a Chinese word meaning “to be short (of); lack; shortage of; shortfall”. It appears in the HSK 4 collection.

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Words and levels: HSK Examination Syllabus (2025), Center for Language Education and Cooperation · meanings: CC-CEDICT · example sentences: Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR) · Dictionary-derived data: CC BY-SA 4.0.

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