美中不足

Chinese

		beautiful; beauty; America	middle; centre; within middle; centre; within; among; in; while (doing sth); 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 ㄓㄨㄥㄅㄨˋ ㄗㄨˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mei⁵ zung¹ bat¹ zuk¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: měizhōngbùzú
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˇ ㄓㄨㄥㄅㄨˋ 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

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

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