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缺乏

quē fá · que fa

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Meaning

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  1. to lack; to be short of
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So sleepy

  1. Liangliang

    你(nǐ)看起来(kànqǐlai)好(hǎo)困(kùn)，是不是(shìbùshì)缺乏(quēfá)睡眠(shuìmián)？

    You look so sleepy. Are you short of sleep?

  2. Dengdeng

    昨晚(zuówǎn)我(wǒ)看了(kànle)三(sān)集(jí)电视剧(diànshìjù)。

    Last night I watched three episodes of a show.

  3. Liangliang

    那(nà)你(nǐ)缺乏(quēfá)的(de)不是(bùshì)睡眠(shuìmián)，是(shì)自控力(zìkònglì)。

    Then what you lack is not sleep, it is self-control.

  4. Dengdeng

    你(nǐ)说得对(shuōdeduì)。不过(bùguò)今晚(jīnwǎn)的(de)最后(zuìhòu)一集(yījí)我(wǒ)一定(yīdìng)要(yào)看(kàn)。

    You are right. But tonight I must watch the last episode.

  5. Liangliang

    你(nǐ)这样(zhèyàng)会(huì)一直(yīzhí)缺乏(quēfá)睡眠(shuìmián)的(de)！

    At this rate you will always be short of sleep!

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2 examples
01

没(méi)有(yǒu)什(shén)么(me)比(bǐ)做(zuò)事(shì)缺(quē)乏(fá)热(rè)情(qíng)更(gèng)糟(zāo)。

There is nothing worse than doing something in a half-hearted manner.

Tatoeba: Chinese by mtdot · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

住(zhù)在(zài)大(dà)城(chéng)市(shì)的(de)人(rén)们(men)一(yì)般(bān)都(dōu)缺(quē)乏(fá)锻(duàn)炼(liàn)。

People living in a big city tend to lack exercise.

Tatoeba: Chinese by wangzi0921 · English by CM · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

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