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HSK 6 Verb usage

… 不乏 …

There is no lack of (不乏)

Structure (Frame/collective) + 不乏 + nominal object (佳作 · 先例 · 人才)

不乏 (bù fá) is a literary litotes: 乏 means "to lack, to be scarce", so 不乏 = "there is no shortage of", i.e. "there is plenty of, they abound". It takes a nominal object, almost always abstract or evaluative (佳作, 先例, 人才, 误解): 其中不乏佳作 "among them there is no lack of fine works". It usually follows a frame marking the whole set (其中, 历史上, 现实中) and elegantly asserts, by negating the lack, that something is plentiful. It is more nuanced and understated than the blunt 有很多: it stresses that the example is not rare. Register of essay and criticism.

Examples

  • 在zài这zhè些xiē参cān赛sài作zuò品pǐn中zhōng,不bù乏fá令lìng人rén惊jīng艳yàn的de佳jiā作zuò。

    Among these competition entries there is no shortage of dazzling works.

  • 历lì史shǐ上shàng不bù乏fá由yóu小xiǎo及jí大dà、终zhōng成chéng大dà业yè的de先xiān例lì。

    History offers no lack of precedents of small beginnings ending in great achievements.

  • 这zhè家jiā公gōng司sī人rén才cái济jǐ济jǐ,更gèng不bù乏fá年nián轻qīng的de领lǐng军jūn人rén物wù。

    This company is brimming with talent, and there is no shortage of young figures who lead the field.

Levels are indicative: they follow the standard Chinese Grammar Wiki (AllSet Learning) progression, not an official HSK 3.0 mapping. We never assign levels by eye.

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