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美中不足

měi zhōng bù zúㄇㄟˇ ㄓㄨㄥ ㄅㄨˋ ㄗㄨˊ

Traditional: 美中不足

HSK 3.0 · 7–9

美中不足 (měi zhōng bù zú) means everything is fine except for one small defect (idiom); the fly in the ointment.

Meaning(set phrase)

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

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Stroke order

9 strokes

(bound form) the Americas (abbr. for 洲); (bound form) USA (abbr. for 美国)

4 strokes

China; Chinese; surname Zhong

4 strokes

no; not so; (bound form) not; un-

7 strokes

excessive