美中不足

Traditional form:

美中不足

Pinyin (reading):

měizhōngbùzú

Definitions:

• everything is fine except for one small defect (idiom); the fly in the ointment

Characters:

• 美 - beautiful, pretty; pleasing
• 中 - central; center, middle; amidst; to hit (target), to attain; China; Chinese
• 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
• 足 - foot; to attain, to satisfy; enough

Traditional characters:

• 美 - beautiful, pretty; pleasing
• 中 - central; center, middle; amidst; to hit (target), to attain; China; Chinese
• 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
• 足 - foot; to attain, to satisfy; enough