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供不应求

gōng bù yìng qiú

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 4-character word Traditional 供不應求

供不应求 (gōng bù yìng qiú) means "supply does not meet demand". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 供不应求 means

1. supply does not meet demand

The characters in 供不应求

• 供gōngto provide; to supply; to be for (the use or convenience of)
• 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
• 应yīngto agree (to do sth); should; ought to
• 求qiúto seek; to look for; to request

Where 供不应求 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · gōng–gōu (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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