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Jyutping siu2 bat1 liu5
Pinyin shào bù liǎo

Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. verb
    to be required
  2. verb
    to be indispensible
  3. adj
    not missing
Definitions (HSK3.0)
  1. HSK3 七一九级词汇表 #3590

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Jyutping siu2 bat1 liu5
Pinyin shǎo bu liǎo

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. cannot do without
  2. to be unavoidable
  3. are bound to be many
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 動詞、書面語
    唔​少​得​;​少​不免
    cannot dispense with; be unavoidable
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    我少不了这本字典。
    我少不了這本字典。
    wǒ shǎo bu liǎo zhè běn zì diǎn 。
    • I cannot do without this dictionary.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    如果你唱得叫座,一个月赚它个一二百块钱是少不了的。
    如果你唱得叫座,一個月賺它個一二百塊錢是少不了的。
    rú guǒ nǐ chàng de jiào zuò , yī ge yuè zhuàn tā ge yī èr bǎi kuài qián shì shǎo bù liǎo de .
    • X