美中不足

Chinese

		beautiful; beauty; America	middle; centre; within middle; centre; within; among; in; while (doing something); during; China; Chinese; hit (the mark)	insufficient; inadequate; lacking insufficient; inadequate; lacking; inadequacy; deficiency; dearth; shortage; want; lack; not enough
trad. (美中不足)		美	中	不足
simp. #(美中不足)		美	中	不足

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): měizhōngbùzú

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄟˇ ㄓㄨㄥ ㄅㄨˋ ㄗㄨˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mei⁵ zung¹ bat¹ zuk¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: měizhōngbùzú
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˇ ㄓㄨㄥ ㄅㄨˋ ㄗㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: měijhongbùzú
    • Wade–Giles: mei³-chung¹-pu⁴-tsu²
    • Yale: měi-jūng-bù-dzú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meeijongbutzwu
    • Palladius: мэйчжунбуцзу (mɛjčžunbuczu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ pu⁵¹ t͡su³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mei⁵ zung¹ bat¹ zuk¹
    • Yale: méih jūng bāt jūk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mei⁵ dzung¹ bat⁷ dzuk⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: méi⁵ zung¹ bed¹ zug¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mei̯¹³ t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ pɐt̚⁵ t͡sʊk̚⁵/

Idiom

美中不足

1. to be almost perfect; to be a fly in the ointment; to be a blemish in an otherwise perfect thing