Read Edit View history 寧缺毋濫 nìngquēwúlàn better to have nothing than something shoddy Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Senses Add sense 宁缺毋滥/ 寧缺毋濫 nìngquēwúlàn (also níngquēwúlàn) better to have nothing than something shoddy rather go without than accept something of poor quality; would prefer to have a vacancy or shortage than to fill it with something or someone substandard Edit Delete References Add reference variant 宁缺毋滥/寧缺毋濫 → 宁缺勿滥/寧缺勿濫 Edit Delete variant 宁缺勿滥/寧缺勿濫 → 宁缺毋滥/寧缺毋濫 Edit Delete
宁缺毋滥/ 寧缺毋濫 nìngquēwúlàn (also níngquēwúlàn) better to have nothing than something shoddy rather go without than accept something of poor quality; would prefer to have a vacancy or shortage than to fill it with something or someone substandard Edit Delete