better to have nothing (than substandard choice) (idiom); would prefer to go without than accept shoddy option
trad. 寧缺毋濫
Also written 寧缺毋濫【nìng quē wú làn】
Characters in this word
4宁
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old variant of 寧|宁[ning4]
- Pinyin
- nìng
- Traditional
- 寕
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 25828 of 2500
缺
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deficiency, lack, scarce, vacant post, to run short of
- Pinyin
- quē
- Strokes
- 10
- Frequency
- 7301 of 2500
毋
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surname Wu
- Pinyin
- Wú
- Strokes
- 4
滥
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overflowing, excessive, indiscriminate
- Pinyin
- làn
- Traditional
- 濫
- Strokes
- 13