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缺位

Mandarin · pinyin quē wèi

(of a position) to fall vacant
vacant post; a vacancy
(of regulation, service etc) unsatisfactory; dysfunctional

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缺: quē · be short of, lack; gap, deficit
位: wèi · throne; position, post; rank, status; seat

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1–4 · que1 wei4

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verb

to have a position vacancy; to have an unfilled place; (of something) to be (unsatisfactorily) absent

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