毛病
máo​bìng HSK3

shortcoming

毛病 máo​bìng
shortcoming noun
a personal flaw, bad habit, or weakness in character

粗心大意是他最大的毛病。

cū​xīn dà​yi shì tā zuì dà de máo​bìng.

Carelessness is his biggest shortcoming.

ailment noun
a physical illness or medical condition

他老毛病又犯了，腰疼得厉害。

tā lǎo máo​bìng yòu fàn le, yāo​téng de lì​hai.

His old ailment has flared up again, and his back hurts terribly.

defect verb
a technical fault, mechanical failure, or flaw in an object

这台旧电视机经常出毛病。

zhè tái jiù diàn​shì​jī jīng​cháng chū máo​bìng.

This old TV set breaks down frequently.

Frequency
Movie subtitles
29.3 per million appears in 12% of films
Written text
12.4 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 5
HSK 3.0
Level 3

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Classifier

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)