宁缺毋滥
nìngquē-wúlànTraditional 寧缺毋濫
better to go without than to settle for poor quality
Every meaning
nìngquē-wúlàn
- better to go without than to settle for poor quality
Its characters
- 宁nìngwould rather (as in 宁可)
- 缺quēto lack; to be short of
- 毋wúdo not; no
- 滥lànexcessive; indiscriminate
Words with 宁
Words with 缺
Meanings from our own dictionary. Chengyu from the Xinhua idiom list, the most common first.