宁缺毋滥 nìngquēwúlàn quality over quantity Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 宁缺毋滥 (寧缺毋濫) nìngquēwúlàn quality over quantity expression better to have nothing than a substandard choice; would prefer to go without than accept a shoddy option Frequency Written text 0.644 per million Cross-References Same as 宁缺勿滥 nìngquēwùlàn Sources Definitions CC-CEDICT Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
宁缺毋滥 (寧缺毋濫) nìngquēwúlàn quality over quantity expression better to have nothing than a substandard choice; would prefer to go without than accept a shoddy option Frequency Written text 0.644 per million Cross-References Same as 宁缺勿滥 nìngquēwùlàn Sources Definitions CC-CEDICT Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
