美中不足

měizhōng-bùzú

everything is fine except for one small defect (idiom); the fly in the ointment

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See it in sentences

这次旅行美中不足。

This trip was fine except for one flaw.

房间很好,美中不足是太吵。

The room is nice; the fly in the ointment is noise.