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短欠

Mandarin · pinyin duǎn qiàn

to fall short in one's payments
to lack
to be short of

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短: duǎn · short; brief; deficient, lacking
欠: qiàn · owe, lack, be deficient; Kangxi radical 76

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3–4 · duan3 qian4

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