寧缺毋濫

Chinese
peaceful; rather; Ningxia (abbrev.)
 
lack; scarce; vacant post; to run short of
 no; not excessive; indiscriminate
trad. (寧缺毋濫) 寧 缺 毋 濫
simp. (宁缺毋滥) 宁 缺 毋 滥

Pronunciation

Idiom

寧缺毋濫

  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
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