匱乏
simp匮乏gwai6 fat6kuì fá
English
- to be deficient in sth
- to be short of sth (supplies, money etc)
- deficient; be short of something
粵語 — Cantonese
- 缺乏;缺少
Examples
不浪費則不匱乏。
Waste not, want not.
Tatoeba · egg0073 CC BY
日本即便是自然资源匮乏,却仍得益于国际贸易,成为了一个强大的经济体。
Though it is poor in natural resources, Japan has become an economic superpower thanks to international trade.
Tatoeba · jan_OkulaJu CC BY
戰爭過後,所有資源都好匱乏。
All sorts of resources become deficient after the war.
Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk