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-less meaning in Chinese

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-less (lacking)
[UK: les]
[US: ˈles]

无- /wú-/

無-

-ess (female suffix)

女- /nǚ-/

母- /mǔ-/

more haste, less speed (when one is in a hurry, one often ends up completing a task more slowly)
phrase
[UK: mɔː(r) heɪst les spiːd]
[US: ˈmɔːr ˈheɪst ˈles ˈspiːd]

欲速则不达 /yùsù zé bùdá/phrase

欲速則不達phrase

more or less (almost)
adverb
[UK: mɔː(r) ɔː(r) les]
[US: ˈmɔːr ɔːr ˈles]

几乎 /jīhū/adverb

差一点 /chāyīdiǎn/adverb

差一點adverb

差不多 /chàbuduō/adverb

差点 /chàdiǎn/adverb

差點adverb

幾乎adverb

more or less (approximately)
adverb
[UK: mɔː(r) ɔː(r) les]
[US: ˈmɔːr ɔːr ˈles]

大概 /dàgài/adverb

大約adverb

大约 /dàyuē/adverb

大致 /dàzhì/adverb

将近 /jiāngjìn/adverb

將近adverb

左右 /zuǒyòu/adverb

或多或少 /huòduōhuòshǎo/adverb

much less (let alone)
conjunction
[UK: ˈmʌtʃ les]
[US: ˈmʌtʃ ˈles]

何况 /hékuàng/conjunction

何況conjunction

更不用說conjunction

更不用说 /gèng bùyòng shuō/conjunction

teach someone a lesson (punish (informal))
verb

教训 /jiàoxùn/verb

給...點兒顏色看verb

给...点儿颜色看 /gěi...diǎnr yánsè kàn/verb