水 shuǐ water / (after a name) ... River / to swim (used mostly in 會水|会水[hui4shui3] and 水性[shui3xing4]) / (coll.) lacking in substance / shoddy / (bound form) additional cost / extra income / classifier for washings of a garment syn 争 爭 zhēng to strive for / to vie for / to argue or debate / deficient or lacking (dialect) / how or what (literary) syn 不足 bù zú insufficient / lacking / deficiency / not enough / inadequate / not worth / cannot / should not syn 氧气 氧氣 yǎng qì oxygen syn 一无所有 一無所有 yī wú suǒ yǒu not having anything at all (idiom) / utterly lacking / without two sticks to rub together syn 无力 無力 wú lì powerless / lacking strength syn 盲目 máng mù blind / blindly / ignorant / lacking understanding syn 心虚 心虛 xīn xū lacking in confidence / diffident / to have a guilty conscience syn 黑心 hēi xīn ruthless and lacking in conscience / vicious mind full of hatred and jealousy / black core (flaw in pottery) syn 贫乏 貧乏 pín fá impoverished / lacking / deficient / limited / meager / impoverishment / lack / deficiency syn 笼统 籠統 lǒng tǒng general / broad / sweeping / lacking in detail / vague syn 乏力 fá lì lacking in strength / weak / feeble / not up to the task syn 高压氧 高壓氧 gāo yā yǎng hyperbaric oxygen / hyperbaric oxygenation / also abbr. for 高壓氧治療|高压氧治疗[gao1 ya1 yang3 zhi4 liao2], hyperbaric therapy 无不 無不 wú bù none lacking / none missing / everything is there / everyone without exception syn 少年老成 shào nián lǎo chéng accomplished though young / lacking youthful vigor syn 不振 bù zhèn lacking in vitality / depressed (market, spirits etc) 疏于 疏於 shū yú to fail to pay sufficient attention to / to be negligent in regard to / to be lacking in syn 手无缚鸡之力 手無縛雞之力 shǒu wú fù jī zhī lì lit. lacking the strength even to truss a chicken (saying) / fig. weak / unaccustomed to physical work syn 吸氧 xī yǎng to breathe / to absorb oxygen 制氧机 zhì yǎng jī oxygen concentrator 氧 yǎng oxygen (chemistry) syn 秃 禿 tū bald (lacking hair or feathers) / barren / bare / denuded / blunt (lacking a point) / (of a piece of writing) unsatisfactory / lacking something syn 匮 匱 kuì to lack / lacking / empty / exhausted syn 紧巴巴 緊巴巴 jǐn bā bā tight fitting / hard up (i.e. lacking money) syn 拙笨 zhuō bèn clumsy / awkward / lacking skill syn 散沙 sǎn shā scattered sand / fig. lacking in cohesion or organization 亏缺 虧缺 kuī quē to be lacking / to fall short of / to wane / deficit / deficient 无情无义 無情無義 wú qíng wú yì completely lacking any feeling or sense of justice (idiom) / cold and ruthless syn 只欠东风 只欠東風 zhǐ qiàn dōng fēng all we need is an east wind (idiom) / lacking only one tiny crucial item 轻重倒置 輕重倒置 qīng zhòng dào zhì to invert the importance of things (i.e. stress the unimportant and neglect the important) / lacking a sense of perspective / to put the cart before the horse syn 群龙无首 群龍無首 qún lóng wú shǒu lit. a thunder of dragons without a head / fig. a group lacking a leader syn 生化需氧量 shēng huà xū yǎng liáng biochemical oxygen demand / biological oxygen demand 氧效应 氧效應 yǎng xiào yìng oxygen effect 氧循环 氧循環 yǎng xún huán oxygen 充氧 chōng yǎng to oxygenate / to provide oxygen complement 化学需氧量 化學需氧量 huà xué xū yǎng liàng (environmental science) chemical oxygen demand / COD 大氧吧 dà yǎng bā source of oxygen (of forests and nature reserves) / (cliché) lungs of the planet 氧原子 yǎng yuán zǐ oxygen atom 生耗氧量 shēng hào yǎng liàng biological oxygen demand (BOD) 发绀 發紺 fā gàn cyanosis (blue skin due to lack of oxygen in blood) 血氧含量 xuè yǎng hán liàng blood oxygen level 血氧量 xuè yǎng liàng blood oxygen level 高压氧治疗 高壓氧治療 gāo yā yǎng zhì liáo hyperbaric medicine / hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) / also 高壓氧療法|高压氧疗法[gao1 ya1 yang3 liao2 fa3] 高压氧疗法 高壓氧療法 gāo yā yǎng liáo fǎ hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) / also 高壓氧治療|高压氧治疗[gao1 ya1 yang3 zhi4 liao2] x日的生化需氧量 biochemical oxygen demand in x days 最低含氧区 zuì dī hán yǎng qū oxygen minimum zone 氧吸收汇 氧吸收匯 yǎng xī shōu huì oxygen sink 氧气耗竭 yǎng qì hào jié oxygen depletion 溶解氧 dissolved oxygen 耗氧能力 hào yǎng néng lì oxygen-consuming capacity 总需氧量 總需氧量 total oxygen demand 原子氧 atomic oxygen 极度低氧区 極度低氧區 extreme oxygen minimum zone / dysaerobic basin 带使用器的氧气瓶 帶使用器的氧氣瓶 oxygen cylinder including application 活性氧类 活性氧類 huó xìng yǎng lèi activated oxygen species (AOS) 生化需氧量 shēng huà xū yǎng liàng (environmental science) biochemical oxygen demand / BOD 僿 sài small, minute / lacking sincerity 不匮 不匱 bù kuì (literary) to never have a deficiency / to never be lacking 俭腹 儉腹 jiǎn fù lacking in knowledge / ignorant 失体统 失體統 shī tǐ tǒng lacking in propriety / bad form 小手小脚 小手小腳 xiǎo shǒu xiǎo jiǎo mean / stingy / to be lacking in boldness / timid syn 抟沙 摶沙 tuán shā lacking in cohesion and unity of purpose 欿然 kǎn rán dissatisfied / discontented / lacking happiness 没上没下 沒上沒下 méi shàng méi xià no respect for seniors / lacking in manners 没人味 沒人味 méi rén wèi to be lacking in human character 无精打彩 無精打彩 wú jīng dǎ cǎi dull and colorless (idiom) / lacking vitality / not lively 空空洞洞 kōng kōng dòng dòng empty / hollow / lacking in substance syn 紧巴 緊巴 jǐn bā tight (i.e. lacking money) / hard up / same as 緊巴巴|紧巴巴 syn 万事俱备，只欠东风 萬事俱備，只欠東風 wàn shì jù bèi , zhǐ qiàn dōng fēng lit. everything is ready, all we need is an east wind (idiom) / fig. lacking only one tiny crucial item 轻重主次 輕重主次 qīng zhòng zhǔ cì to invert the importance of things (i.e. stress the incidental and neglect the main point) / lacking a sense of perspective / to put the cart before the horse 万事皆备，只欠东风 萬事皆備，只欠東風 wàn shì jiē bèi , zhǐ qiàn dōng fēng everything is ready, all we need is an east wind (idiom) / lacking only one tiny crucial item / also written 萬事俱備，只欠東風|万事俱备，只欠东风 裸婚 luǒ hūn lit. naked wedding / no-frills civil wedding ceremony lacking a material foundation: no car, house, reception, rings, or honeymoon 没水准 沒水準 méi shuǐ zhǔn lacking class / boorish / poor quality / substandard 羊质虎皮 羊質虎皮 yáng zhì hǔ pí lit. the heart of a sheep in the skin of a tiger (idiom) / fig. impressive in appearance but lacking in substance / braggart syn 补满 補滿 bǔ mǎn to make up for what is lacking / to fill (a vacancy) / to replenish 没品 沒品 méi pǐn lacking in class / tacky / tasteless 空窗期 kōng chuāng qī window period (time between infection and the appearance of detectable antibodies) / period during which sth is lacking (boyfriend or girlfriend, work, revenue, production of a commodity etc) / lull / hiatus 软烂 軟爛 ruǎn làn (of food etc) soft / pulpy / (Tw) (of a person) lacking drive / shiftless / lazy 上不得台盘 上不得臺盤 shàng bù dé tái pán (idiom) lacking in social grace and unfit to be a representative 三无 三無 sān wú lacking three key attributes (or at least one of them) 三无产品 三無產品 sān wú chǎn pǐn product lacking one or more of three requirements such as production license, inspection certificate, and manufacturer's name and location 八竿子打不着 八竿子打不著 bā gān zi dǎ bù zháo (coll.) unrelated / lacking any connection 势单力薄 勢單力薄 shì dān - lì bó (idiom) lacking strength and support syn 无法无天 無法無天 wú fǎ - wú tiān (idiom) defiant of the law and lacking any sense of morality / lawless / out of control / unruly syn 