不乏
there is no lack of; there are quite a few
Structure
群体／范围 （中／里） ， 不乏 名词短语
What it means
“Not lacking”: there are quite a few, often more than you might expect. It is an understatement, weaker than 有很多.
How it is built
Group + 中／里，+ 不乏 + noun phrase (usually with a modifier): 出海的企业中不乏失败者 (among firms going abroad there is no shortage of failures).
When to use it
Written and formal. Set phrases: 不乏其人 (“such people are not rare”) and 不乏先例 (“there are precedents”). Its opposite is 缺乏 (lesson 2-7).
Watch out
✗ 很不乏。 ✗ 不乏去过。 No degree adverb before it and no bare verb after it; give it a noun phrase: ✓ 其中不乏去过的人。
Examples
出海的企业中不乏失败者。
Among the firms that have gone abroad there is no shortage of failures.
来这家小店买东西的人里，不乏专程从外地赶来的。
Among the people who shop at this little store are quite a few who make the trip specially from out of town.
这位年轻导演拍的电影不多，但其中不乏好作品。
The young director has not made many films, but there are some fine ones among them.
Learn this in Lesson 69 · HSK 6: 中国品牌出海 (Chinese companies go global)
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