美中不足 meaning in English

měizhōng-bùzú

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

HSK 7-924 strokes

Meaning of 美中不足

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měizhōngbùzú

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

唯wéi一yī美měi中zhōng不bù足zú的de是shì如rú果guǒ它tā要yào是shì熟shú食shí就jiù好hǎo了le。

The only thing that would have made it better is if it was cooked.

那nà家jiā馆guǎn子zi物wù美měi价jià廉lián，美měi中zhōng不bù足zú的de是shì他tā们men糟zāo糕gāo的de位wèi置zhì。

That place's food is delicious and their prices are low. However, their location isn't good.

这zhè张zhāng桌zhuō子zi不bù错cuò，不bù过guò有yǒu一yí个gè美měi中zhōng不bù足zú的de地dì方fāng ﹣ 我wǒ的de房fáng间jiān放fàng不bù下xià它tā。

This table is fine except in one respect - it will not fit into my room.

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Words that share a character with 美中不足.

对不起	duìbuqǐ	I'm sorry; excuse me; I beg your pardon; to let (sb) down; to disappoint
是不是	shì bu shì	is or is not (used to form yes-no questions)
不用	bùyòng	need not
中国	Zhōngguó	China
中间	zhōngjiān	the middle; the inside; in the middle; within; between; among
中午	zhōngwǔ	noon; midday
中学	zhōngxué	middle school
中文	Zhōngwén	Chinese language
不大	bù dà	not very (clear, far away etc); not too; not often; infrequently
中学生	zhōngxuéshēng	middle-school student; high school student
不对	bùduì	incorrect; wrong
不客气	bù kèqì	you're welcome; don't mention it

What does 美中不足 mean?

美中不足 (měizhōng-bùzú) means "everything is fine except for one small defect (idiom); the fly in the ointment".

How do you write 美中不足?

美中不足 is made of 4 characters: 美 (9 strokes), 中 (4 strokes), 不 (4 strokes), 足 (7 strokes). That is 24 strokes in total.

Is 美中不足 an HSK word?

Yes. 美中不足 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.