| 乏人照顾 | [ fá rén zhaò gù ] (of a person) left unattended, not cared for |
| 乏善可陈 | [ fá shàn kě chén ] to be nothing to write home about (idiom) |
| ⇒ 人困马乏 | [ rén kùn mǎ fá ] riders tired and horses weary (idiom), worn out, exhausted, spent, fatigued |
| ⇒ 分身乏术 | [ fēn shēn fá shù ] to be up to one's ears in work (idiom), to be unable to attend to other things at the same time |
| ⇒ 勤劳不虞匮乏 | [ qín laó bù yú kuì fá ] Poverty is a stranger to industry. (idiom) |
| ⇒ 匮乏 | [ kuì fá ] to be deficient in sth, to be short of sth (supplies, money etc) |
| ⇒ 单调乏味 | [ dān fá weì ] monotonous, dull, tedious (idiom) |
| ⇒ 回天乏术 | [ huí tiān fá shù ] unable to turn around a hopeless situation (idiom), to fail to save the situation |
| ⇒ 后继乏人 | [ hoù jì fá rén ] see 後繼無人|后继无人[hou4 ji4 wu2 ren2] |
| ⇒ 无虞匮乏 | [ wú yú kuì fá ] no fear of deficiency, sufficient, abundant |
| ⇒ 语言匮乏 | [ yǔ yán kuì fá ] language deficit (linguistics) |
| ⇒ 贫乏 | [ pín fá ] impoverished, lacking, deficient, limited, meager, impoverishment, lack, deficiency |
