宁缺毋滥

Traditional form:

寧缺毋濫

Pinyin (reading):

nìngquēwúlàn

Definitions:

• better to have nothing (than substandard choice) (idiom); would prefer to go without than accept shoddy option

Characters:

• 宁 - calm, peaceful; healthy; rather; to prefer
• 缺 - to lack, to be short; vacancy, gap, deficit
• 毋 - not; do not; surname
• 滥 - to flood, to overflow; excessive

Traditional characters:

• 寧 - calm, peaceful; healthy; rather; to prefer
• 缺 - to lack, to be short; vacancy, gap, deficit
• 毋 - not; do not; surname
• 濫 - to flood, to overflow; excessive