寧缺勿濫

Chinese

		peaceful; rather; Ningxia (abbrev.)	lack; scarce; vacant post lack; scarce; vacant post; to run short of	do not	excessive; indiscriminate
trad. (寧缺勿濫)		寧	缺	勿	濫
simp. (宁缺勿滥)		宁	缺	勿	滥

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): níngquēwùlàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄥˊ ㄑㄩㄝ ㄨˋ ㄌㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ning⁴ kyut³ mat⁶ laam⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: níngquēwùlàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄥˊ ㄑㄩㄝ ㄨˋ ㄌㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: níngcyuewùlàn
    • Wade–Giles: ning²-chʻüeh¹-wu⁴-lan⁴
    • Yale: níng-chywē-wù-làn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ningchiuewuhlann
    • Palladius: нинцюэулань (nincjueulanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /niŋ³⁵ t͡ɕʰy̯ɛ⁵⁵ u⁵¹⁻⁵³ län⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ning⁴ kyut³ mat⁶ laam⁶
    • Yale: nìhng kyut maht laahm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ning⁴ kyt⁸ mat⁹ laam⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: ning⁴ küd³ med⁶ lam⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nɪŋ²¹ kʰyːt̚³ mɐt̚² laːm²²/

Idiom

寧缺勿濫

1. 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

Synonyms

• 寧缺毋濫／宁缺毋滥 (nìngquēwúlàn)