美
中
不
足

Everything is fine except for one small defect (idiom) in Chinese: 美中不足 (měi zhōng bù zú)

měi zhōng bù zú

everything is fine except for one small defect (idiom)

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-91 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1everything is fine except for one small defect (idiom); the fly in the ointment

Stroke order

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美
中
不
足

Zhuyin

This word’s pronunciation in Bopomofo.

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ㄇㄟˇ

měi

ㄇ/ mㄟ/ eiˇ/ third tone

ㄓㄨㄥ

zhōng

ㄓ/ zhㄨ/ uㄥ/ eng—/ first tone

ㄅㄨˋ

bù

ㄅ/ bㄨ/ uˋ/ fourth tone

ㄗㄨˊ

zú

ㄗ/ zㄨ/ uˊ/ second tone

Example sentences

See 美中不足 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

  • 这次旅行很开心，美中不足的是下了雨。

    zhè cì lǚ xíng hěn kāi xīn， měi zhōng bù zú de shì xià le yǔ。

    The trip was fun; the only downside was that it rained.

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Related words

不

bù

no

中

zhōng

within

美

měi

beautiful

足

zú

foot

中国

zhōng guó

China

中午

zhōng wǔ

noon

中间

zhōng jiān

the middle

不但

bù dàn

not only (... but also ...)

不管

bù guǎn

not to be concerned

不过

bù guò

only

不仅

bù jǐn

not just

美丽

měi lì

beautiful

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