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宁缺毋滥 (寧缺毋濫)

nìng quē wú làn

Definition

  1. better to have nothing (than substandard choice) (idiom); would prefer to go without than accept shoddy option

Character Decomposition

宁
=
宀
+
丁
缺
=
缶
+
夬
毋
=
？
+
？
滥
=
氵
+
监

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