quē fá
to lack
to be short of
lack
shortage
kuì fá
to be deficient in sth
to be short of sth (supplies, money etc)
pín fá
impoverished
lacking
deficient
limited
meager
impoverishment
lack
deficiency
jiě fá
to relieve tiredness
to freshen up
dān diào fá wèi
monotonous
dull
tedious (idiom)
yù zhèn fá lì
to try to rouse oneself but lack the strength (idiom)
rén kùn mǎ fá
riders tired and horses weary
worn out
exhausted
spent
fatigued
chéng fá
to accept a position on a provisional basis, in the absence of better qualified candidates (humble expr.)
yǔ yán kuì fá
language deficit (linguistics)
wú yú kuì fá
no fear of deficiency
sufficient
abundant
qín láo bù yú kuì fá
Poverty is a stranger to industry. (idiom)
fá rén zhào gù
(of a person) left unattended
not cared for
fá lì
lacking in strength
weak
feeble
fá shàn kě chén
to be nothing to write home about (idiom)
fēn shēn fá shù
to be up to one's ears in work (idiom)
to be unable to attend to other things at the same time
huí tiān fá shù
unable to turn around a hopeless situation (idiom)
to fail to save the situation
hòu jì fá rén
see 後繼無人|后继无人[hou4 ji4 wu2 ren2]