缺 quē

1. quē verb be short of; to lack
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 不足 (Guoyu '缺' v 1; NCCED '缺' 1, p. 1601; Unihan '缺'; XHZD '缺' 1, p. 624)
2. quē adjective incomplete; broken
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 殘破的 (Guoyu '缺' adj; NCCED '缺' 2, p. 1601; XHZD '缺' 2, p. 624)
3. quē verb to be absent
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '缺' v 3; NCCED '缺' 3, p. 1601; XHZD '缺' 3, p. 624)
4. quē noun a vacant position
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '缺' n 3; NCCED '缺' 4, p. 1601; XHZD '缺' 4, p. 624)
5. quē noun a gap
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 空隙 (Guoyu '缺' n 1)
6. quē noun a mistake
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 过错 (Guoyu '缺' n 2)
7. quē verb to decline; to weaken
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 衰微 (Guoyu '缺' v 2)

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• 食存五观; 1. 计功多少，量彼来处。 2. 忖己德行，全缺应供。3. 防心离过，不生瞋爱。 4. 正事良药，为疗形枯。5. 为成道业，应受此食。(食存五觀; 1. 計功多少，量彼來處。 2. 忖己德行，全缺應供。3. 防心離過，不生瞋愛。 4. 正事良藥，為療形枯。5. 為成道業，應受此食。) Five Meal Contemplations: 1. Assess the amount of work involved, weigh up the origins of the food; 2. Reflect on one’s own moral conduct, perfect or not, take this offering; 3. Safeguard the mind against all error, do not give rise to hatred or greed; 4. Regard this food as good medicine, so as to treat the weakened body; 5. In order to accomplish the Way, one deserves to accept this food
• 忖己德行全缺应供(忖己德行，全缺應供。) Reflect on one’s own moral conduct
• 残缺就是美(殘缺就是美) Deficiency is another form of beauty.

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• Chapter 1: Don't be Lacking 卷一　不可缺 不可缺 Life's Ten Thousand Affairs 7 - A Footprint with Every Step 《人間萬事7－一步一腳印》 — count: 15
• The Beauty of Incompleteness 缺陷美 Between Ignorance and Enlightenment 3 - A Moment, A Lifetime 《迷悟之間(三)無常的真理》 — count: 5
• Inspirations of the Moon 月亮的啟示 Between Ignorance and Enlightenment 2 - Prescription for the Heart 《迷悟之間(二)度一切苦厄》 — count: 5
• Chapter 1: Don't be Lacking - One Step, One Foot 卷一　不可缺 一步一腳印 Life's Ten Thousand Affairs 7 - A Footprint with Every Step 《人間萬事7－一步一腳印》 — count: 4
• Scroll 2: The Best Way to Provide for One's Elders - Excessive Carelessness 卷二 最好的供養 放逸之過 Hsing Yun Dharma Words 5 - The Incense of the World 《星雲法語5－人間有花香》 — count: 4
• The Three Pure Land Sutras 淨土三經 Buddhism Series 2 - Canonical Texts 《佛教叢書2－經典》 — count: 3
• 1. China - Venerable Master Fazang who Developing the Flower Garland Sutra Classification of Teachings 壹、中國 ■開拓華嚴判教法藏大師 Buddhism Series 4 - Disciples 《佛教叢書4－弟子》 — count: 3
• A Life of Humanistic Buddhism - Part 2: Five Meal Contemplations 人間佛教的生活 第二篇　食存五觀 Buddhism Series 1 - Doctrine 《佛教叢書1－教理》 — count: 3
• Treasured Instructions of Chan Temples 禪林寶訓 Buddhism Series 2 - Canonical Texts 《佛教叢書2－經典》 — count: 3
• Hsing Yun Diary 25 - The Moving Experience of Spiritual Practice 星雲日記25～ 感動的修行 感動的修行(1993/10/1～1993/10/15) Hsing Yun Diary (1993/1-1994/8) 《星雲日記(1993/1~1994/8)》 — count: 2

Collocations

• 不可缺 (不可缺) 賢妻是不可缺的角色 — Pearls of Wisdom: Prayers for Engaged Living 《佛光菜根譚》, Family and Morality: Prayer for a Wife 家庭‧倫理 妻子祈願文 — count: 44
• 全缺 (全缺) 全缺應供 — One Hundred Lessons on Monastery Language and Affairs 1: Monastery Administration 《僧事百講1－叢林制度》, Lecture 8: Monastery Language 第八講‧叢林語言 — count: 31
• 缺应供 (缺應供) 全缺應供 — One Hundred Lessons on Monastery Language and Affairs 1: Monastery Administration 《僧事百講1－叢林制度》, Lecture 8: Monastery Language 第八講‧叢林語言 — count: 30
• 独缺 (獨缺) 獨缺出家人起居的寮房 — Hsing Yun Diary (1989/7-1991/4) 《星雲日記(1989/7~1991/4)》, Hsing Yun Diary 2 - Inventing a Comprehensive Life: Settling One’s Mind and Establishing One’s Role 星雲日記２～創造全面的人生 安心立命(1989/12/1~12/15) — count: 10
• 圆月缺 (圓月缺) 看到月圓月缺 — Between Ignorance and Enlightenment 1 - All in a Thought 《迷悟之間(一)真理的價值》, The Principle of Feeling and Responding 感應的原理 — count: 7
• 缺手 (缺手) 缺手 — Lectures on the Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch 《六祖壇經講話》, Questions and Discussion 問題討論 — count: 7
• 缺一 (缺一) 缺一 — Between Ignorance and Enlightenment 10 - Management Trilogy 《迷悟之間(十)管理三部曲》, Supplying an Answering Phrase 對對子 — count: 7
• 缺缺 (缺缺) 而你興趣缺缺 — Between Ignorance and Enlightenment 4 - A Life of Pluses and Minuses 《迷悟之間(四)生命的密碼》, Likes and Dislikes 歡喜與不歡喜 — count: 6
• 缺陋 (缺陋) 反省自我的缺陋 — Pearls of Wisdom: Prayers for Engaged Living 《佛光菜根譚》, Buddhism and Ceremonies: A Prayer for Upholding the Five Precepts 佛教‧法會 受持五戒祈願文 — count: 6
• 根缺 (根缺) 根缺 — Treatises on Humanistic Buddhism 《人間佛教論文集》, Humanistic Buddhism: A Blueprint for Life (1) 人間佛教的藍圖（上） — count: 4