<blockquote>
  <p>孩子在家接受教育存在不足。</p>
</blockquote>

<p>It is a [topic] + [comment/ opinion sentence]</p>

<p>[孩子在家接受教育] (children receive education at home) is the topic</p>

<p>[存在不足] (insufficiency exist ) is the comment/ opinion</p>

<p>孩子在家接受教育存在不足 means "insufficiency exist in children home schooling "</p>

<p>To make it clear, let's expand the sentence </p>

<ul>
<li><p>不足處 (insufficient areas)</p></li>
<li><p>存在於 (exist in)</p></li>
<li><p>孩子在家接受教育 (children receive education at home)</p></li>
<li><p>的系統 (the system of)</p></li>
<li><p>之中 within</p></li>
</ul>

<p>不足處存在於孩子在家接受教育的系統之中 = insufficient areas exist in the system of children receive education at home (home schooling children)</p>

<p>Back to the original sentence</p>

<p>存在不足 = insufficiency exist/  have insufficiency</p>

<p>存在 (exist/ have) is a verb here</p>

<p>It is an odd way to use 存在 without a preposition in a Chinese sentence. </p>

<p>The typical way of using  存在 is with a preposition</p>

<p>Example:</p>

<ol>
<li><p>[不足處 (subject)] [存在 (verb)][於 (preposition)] [孩子在家接受教育的系統 object][之中 (preposition)]</p></li>
<li><p>[雙方(subject)] [之間 (preposition)][存在著 (verb in continuous/ progressive tense)] [矛盾 (object)]</p></li>
</ol>

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I agree it is an odd way of using 存在. A better term would be 水准: then, 教育水准不足 would read -- the standard / level of education is insufficient. However, all is not lost. 教育存在不足 could be read, although clumsily -- "the existence of an education is lacking"
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Tang Ho
<p>不足 here means <strong><em>disadvantage, weakness, shortcomings</em></strong>.  存在: <strong><em>exist</em></strong>. </p>

<p>孩子在家接受教育存在不足 means <strong><em>there exists disadvantage for homeschooling.</em></strong></p>

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<p>To express <strong>objective facts</strong> compares to 是, which could be an opinion, I thought it is lacking, but maybe you don't think so. </p>

<p>But please don't take 存在 as an irrefutable word to overuse it. Because of most of the time, what you said is just your opinion, people hate that cold face that thought what he said is the truth that can only be agreed with.</p>

<p>And this sentence structure, XX存在不足 always appears in the official news. I said nothing. </p>

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sfy
<p>孩子在家接受教育存在不足。<br>
Kids at home receive education have lack</p>

<p>Kids who (only) receive home education lack something.</p>

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Pedroski
<p>It depend on context, since you only provide this sentence, I perceive the sentence this way. There is(存在) isufficiency(不足) for kids(孩子) who receive(接受) education(教育) at home(在家). I think maybe this sentence means that they gain less from education at home.</p>

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000
<p>On page 17 of 发展汉语，高级口语（I）in 课文 09 there's this a discussion about homeschooling. The first sentence is:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>孩子在家接受教育存在不足。</p>
</blockquote>

<p>It literally translates to something like:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>Kids [孩子] at [在] home [家] receive [接受] education [教育] exists [存在] insufficient [不足].</p>
</blockquote>

<p>So it likely means "homeschooling is lacking". I'm not sure why 存在 is used here.</p>

<p><strong>Question</strong>: What exists (存在) in the sentence 孩子在家接受教育存在不足?</p>

<p>I'm guessing what exists is "insufficiency", but I'm not sure.</p>

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What exists (存在) in the sentence 孩子在家接受教育存在不足?
# What exists (存在) in the sentence 孩子在家接受教育存在不足?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2020-03-18)

On page 17 of 发展汉语，高级口语（I）in 课文 09 there's this a discussion about homeschooling. The first sentence is:

> 孩子在家接受教育存在不足。

It literally translates to something like:

> Kids [孩子] at [在] home [家] receive [接受] education [教育] exists [存在] insufficient [不足].

So it likely means "homeschooling is lacking". I'm not sure why 存在 is used here.

**Question**: What exists (存在) in the sentence 孩子在家接受教育存在不足?

I'm guessing what exists is "insufficiency", but I'm not sure.

**Tags:** meaning-in-context

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## 5 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2020-03-18. Score: 2 | Accepted answer

> 孩子在家接受教育存在不足。

It is a [topic] + [comment/ opinion sentence]

[孩子在家接受教育] (children receive education at home) is the topic

[存在不足] (insufficiency exist ) is the comment/ opinion

孩子在家接受教育存在不足 means "insufficiency exist in children home schooling "

To make it clear, let's expand the sentence

* 不足處 (insufficient areas)
* 存在於 (exist in)
* 孩子在家接受教育 (children receive education at home)
* 的系統 (the system of)
* 之中 within

不足處存在於孩子在家接受教育的系統之中 = insufficient areas exist in the system of children receive education at home (home schooling children)

Back to the original sentence

存在不足 = insufficiency exist/ have insufficiency

存在 (exist/ have) is a verb here

It is an odd way to use 存在 without a preposition in a Chinese sentence.

The typical way of using 存在 is with a preposition

Example:

1. [不足處 (subject)] [存在 (verb)][於 (preposition)] [孩子在家接受教育的系統 object][之中 (preposition)]
2. [雙方(subject)] [之間 (preposition)][存在著 (verb in continuous/ progressive tense)] [矛盾 (object)]

> **Comments:**
> **username_2**: I agree it is an odd way of using 存在. A better term would be 水准: then, 教育水准不足 would read -- the standard / level of education is insufficient. However, all is not lost. 教育存在不足 could be read, although clumsily -- "the existence of an education is lacking"  

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### Answer by username_3 on 2020-03-18. Score: 2

不足 here means ***disadvantage, weakness, shortcomings***. 存在: ***exist***.

孩子在家接受教育存在不足 means ***there exists disadvantage for homeschooling.***


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### Answer by username_4 on 2020-03-18. Score: 0

To express **objective facts** compares to 是, which could be an opinion, I thought it is lacking, but maybe you don't think so.

But please don't take 存在 as an irrefutable word to overuse it. Because of most of the time, what you said is just your opinion, people hate that cold face that thought what he said is the truth that can only be agreed with.

And this sentence structure, XX存在不足 always appears in the official news. I said nothing.


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### Answer by username_5 on 2020-03-18. Score: 0

孩子在家接受教育存在不足。  
Kids at home receive education have lack

Kids who (only) receive home education lack something.


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### Answer by username_6 on 2020-03-18. Score: 0

It depend on context, since you only provide this sentence, I perceive the sentence this way. There is(存在) isufficiency(不足) for kids(孩子) who receive(接受) education(教育) at home(在家). I think maybe this sentence means that they gain less from education at home.


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