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宁缺毋滥 (nìng quē wú làn): Meaning, Examples & Usage

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宁缺毋滥 (nìng quē wú làn): Rather go without than have something shoddy — Meaning & Stroke Order

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宁缺毋滥 consists of 4 characters.

peaceful, tranquil, serene

to lack, to be short of, deficient

do not; not; surname; rad. 80

overflow, excessive, indiscriminate

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Pinyinnìng quē wú làn

Meaningrather go without than have something shoddy

Characters4

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Word宁缺毋滥

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Example Sentences with 宁缺毋滥

Wǒ我

men们

nìng宁

quē缺

wú毋

làn滥

，

yào要

xuǎn选

zuì最

hǎo好

de的

。

We would rather go without than have something shoddy; we must choose the best.

Related Words

More HSK vocabulary that shares characters with 宁缺毋滥.

Words with 宁

宁可nìng kěHSK 5
宁愿nìng yuànHSK 6
宁肯nìng kěnHSK 6
安宁ān níngHSK 6
宁静níng jìngHSK 7-9
奎宁kuíníng
毋宁wú nìng
坤宁宫kūn níng gōng

Words with 缺

缺少quē shǎoHSK 4
缺点quē diǎnHSK 4
缺乏quē fáHSK 5
短缺duǎn quēHSK 6
缺口quē kǒuHSK 6
缺席quē xíHSK 6
缺陷quē xiànHSK 6
欠缺

Words with 毋

毋宁wú nìng
毋庸wú yōng
毋庸置疑wú yōng zhì yí

Words with 滥

泛滥fàn lànHSK 6
滥用làn yòngHSK 7-9

qiàn quē

HSK 7-9