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What does 短缺 mean?

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短缺 duǎnquē

shortage; deficiency; to be short of

Its characters

  1. 短 duǎn short
  2. 缺 quē to lack

In a sentence

能源短缺是个大问题。 Energy shortage is a big problem.

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