寧缺毋濫
Chinese
peaceful; rather; Ningxia (abbrev.) lack; scarce; vacant post; to run short ofno; not excessive; indiscriminate trad. (寧缺毋濫) 寧 缺 毋 濫 simp. (宁缺毋滥) 宁 缺 毋 滥
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄥˋ ㄑㄩㄝ ㄨˊ ㄌㄢˋ
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ninqchiuewulann
- IPA (key): /niŋ⁵¹ t͡ɕʰɥ̯œ⁵⁵ u³⁵ la̠n⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Idiom
寧缺毋濫
- would rather go without than have some something less than satisfactory; it is better to leave a deficiency uncovered than have it covered without discretion
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