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少不了

shǎo bu liǎo

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 3-character word

少不了 (shǎo bu liǎo) means "cannot do without; to be unavoidable; are bound to be many". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 少不了 means

1. cannot do without
2. to be unavoidable
3. are bound to be many

The characters in 少不了

• 少shǎofew; less; to lack
• 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
• 了le(completed action marker); (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)…

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