美中不足 — Chinese idiom
美中不足
měi zhōng bù zú
Meaning
- everything is fine except for one small defect ; the fly in the ointment
Character by character
- 美měibeautiful, pretty; pleasing
- 中zhōngcentral; center, middle; amidst; to hit (target),
- 不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix
- 足zúfoot; to attain, to satisfy; enough
Idioms sharing a character
- 价廉物美 jià lián wù měi
- 两全其美 liǎng quán qí měi
- 十全十美 shí quán shí měi
- 天公作美 tiān gōng zuò měi
- 专美于前 zhuān měi yú qián
- 成人之美 chéng rén zhī měi
- 珍馐美味 zhēn xiū měi wèi
- 珍馐美馔 zhēn xiū měi zhuàn
- 尽善尽美 jìn shàn jìn měi
- 美不胜收 měi bù shèng shōu
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