宁缺毋滥 Save Sign in to save words Traditional (Taiwan): 寧缺毋濫 nìngquēwúlàn ㄋㄧㄥˋ ㄑㄩㄝ ㄨˊ ㄌㄢˋ better to have nothing (than substandard choice) (idiom) would prefer to go without than accept shoddy option Character by character 宁(nìng)would rather 缺(quē)deficiency 毋(wú)surname Wu 滥(làn)overflowing Other words read nìngquēwúlàn ningquewulan with other tones 宁缺勿滥 A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0