缺乏 (quē fá) means “to lack; to be short of”. It is an HSK 5 Chinese word in the HSK 3.0 vocabulary.
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年轻人普遍缺乏工作经验。
Niánqīngrén pǔbiàn quēfá gōngzuò jīngyàn.
Young people generally lack work experience.
Updated: 2026-05-27