宁缺勿滥

Traditional form:

寧缺勿濫

Pinyin (reading):

nìngquēwùlàn

Definitions:

• same as 寧缺毋濫／宁缺毋滥 (nìngquēwúlàn)

Characters:

• 宁 - calm, peaceful; healthy; rather; to prefer
• 缺 - to lack, to be short; vacancy, gap, deficit
• 勿 - must not, do not; without, never
• 滥 - to flood, to overflow; excessive

Traditional characters:

• 寧 - calm, peaceful; healthy; rather; to prefer
• 缺 - to lack, to be short; vacancy, gap, deficit
• 勿 - must not, do not; without, never
• 濫 - to flood, to overflow; excessive