寧缺毋濫 Save Sign in to save words Simplified: 宁缺毋滥 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 寧(nìng)would rather 缺(quē)deficiency 毋(wú)surname Wu 濫(làn)overflowing Other words read nìngquēwúlàn ningquewulan with other tones 寧缺勿濫 A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0