Taiwan Mandarin

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匱乏

kuì fá·ㄎㄨㄟˋ ㄈㄚˊ

“to be lacking or short of something such as supplies or money; scarcity; poverty”

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kuì·ㄎㄨㄟˋ

To lack; empty; exhausted; a chest or cabinet (less common, often a variant of 櫃).

To lack; to be short of; to be tired or exhausted; poor or impoverished.

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缺乏quēfá·ㄑㄩㄝㄈㄚˊto lack; to be short of; to be deficient in; to be without