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美中不足

měizhōng-bùzú

everything is fine except for one small defect (idiom); the fly in the ointment

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Meaning of 美中不足 in English

měizhōng-bùzúHSK 7–9Syllabus #8172
  1. everything is fine except for one small defect (idiom); the fly in the ointment

Example sentences

  1. 那家馆子物美价廉，美中不足的是他们糟糕的位置。
    nà jiā guǎn zi wù měi jià lián， měi zhōng bù zú de shì tā men zāo gāo de wèi zhì。
    That place's food is delicious and their prices are low. However, their location isn't good.
    Tatoeba #1397375 by mtdot · #2494082 by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR

Sentence pinyin is generated automatically and may contain errors.

Characters

美 on its own →
měi · beautiful

HSK words with 美

美HSK 4美好HSK 4美景HSK 4美丽HSK 4美食HSK 4美术HSK 5美味HSK 5完美HSK 5优美HSK 5精美HSK 6
中 on its own →
zhōng · within; among; in

HSK words with 中

中国HSK 1中文HSK 1中午HSK 1中学HSK 1中学生HSK 1高中HSK 2中HSK 3初中HSK 3中间HSK 3从中HSK 4
不 on its own →
bù · no; not so

HSK words with 不

不HSK 1不要HSK 1不客气HSK 1对不起HSK 1不错HSK 2不好意思HSK 2不但HSK 3不见HSK 3不用HSK 3不同HSK 3
足 on its own →
zú · sufficient; ample

HSK words with 足

足球HSK 2不足HSK 5充足HSK 5满足HSK 5足够HSK 5足HSK 6十足HSK 6足以HSK 6长足HSK 7–9富足HSK 7–9

Level, pinyin and part of speech: HSK Syllabus (CLEC, Nov 2025). Definitions: CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0. Sources & licences