美中不足

měi zhōng bù zú

Dictionary entry

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

What does 美中不足 mean?

美中不足 (měi zhōng bù zú) has the following dictionary meaning.

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

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美Měi(bound form) the Americas (abbr. for 美洲[Mei3 zhou1]) · (bound form) USA (abbr. for 美國|美国[Mei3 guo2])中Zhōng(bound form) China; Chinese · surname Zhong 不bùno; not so · (bound form) not; un-足jùexcessive

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美中不足

měi zhōng bù zú

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