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
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: nìngquēwùlàn
- Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄥˋ ㄑㄩㄝ ㄨˋ ㄌㄢˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: nìngcyuewùlàn
- Wade–Giles: ning4-chʻüeh1-wu4-lan4
- Yale: nìng-chywē-wù-làn
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ninqchiuewuhlann
- Palladius: нинцюэулань (nincjueulanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /niŋ⁵¹ t͡ɕʰy̯ɛ⁵⁵ u⁵¹⁻⁵³ län⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)+
- 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/
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)+
- 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/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Idiom
寧缺勿濫
- 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