寧缺毋濫

Chinese

		peaceful; rather; Ningxia (abbrev.)	lack; scarce; vacant post 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

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nìngquēwúlàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄥˋ ㄑㄩㄝ ㄨˊ ㄌㄢˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: nìngquēwúlàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄥˋ ㄑㄩㄝ ㄨˊ ㄌㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nìngcyuewúlàn
    • Wade–Giles: ning⁴-chʻüeh¹-wu²-lan⁴
    • Yale: nìng-chywē-wú-làn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ninqchiuewulann
    • Palladius: нинцюэулань (nincjueulanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /niŋ⁵¹ t͡ɕʰy̯ɛ⁵⁵ u³⁵ län⁵¹/

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