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  *少* | 少* | *少
few / less / to lack / to be missing / to stop (doing sth) / seldom
HSK 1
how much?; how many? / (phone number, student ID etc) what number?
HSK 1
early youth / youngster / (literary) youth; young man
HSK 2
small number / few / minority
HSK 2
many / a lot / not few
HSK 2
adolescent / youth / teenager
HSK 2
at least / (to say the) least
HSK 3
lack / shortage of / shortfall / to be short (of) / to lack
HSK 3
to lessen; to decrease; to reduce; to lower
HSK 4
child
HSK 6
girl / young lady
HSK 7-9
cannot do without / to be unavoidable / are bound to be many
HSK 7-9
a smidgen / a little bit / a few
HSK 7-9
rare / infrequent
HSK 7-9
rare; seldom seen / (formal) it's a rare pleasure to see you
HSK 7-9
sparse / rare
HSK 7-9
absolutely necessary / indispensable / essential
HSK 7-9
extremely few / a small minority
HSK 7-9
Shaolin Temple, Buddhist monastery famous for its kung fu monks
HSK 7-9
more or less
HSK 7-9
lit. everything bodes ill, no positive signs (idiom) / fig. inauspicious; everything points to disaster
young married woman
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *少* | 少* | *少
young
young lady of the house / wife of the young master
at least / minimum / lowest (amount) / minimal
number; amount / somewhat
young / junior
major general / rear admiral / air vice marshal
very few / rarely
to be short of the full amount
a little; a few
ethnic minority
Liu Shaoqi (1898-1969), Chinese communist leader, a martyr of the Cultural Revolution
soon / a short while / a narrow gap / slightly better (state of health)
to some extent / more or less
boss's son / young master; young boss
refrain (from doing sth) / (coll.) Come on! / Give me a break! / Save it!
(Tw) young people; youngster
many wolves and not enough meat / not enough to go around
young thug / malicious young ruffian
no sign of human habitation (idiom); desolate
suitable for young and old
(idiom) many little things add up to sth great; many little drops make an ocean
it is better to avoid unnecessary trouble (idiom) / the less complications the better
Young Pioneers of China, abbr. for 少年先鋒隊|少年先锋队
Children's Palace, institution where children can take part in various extracurricular activities
using the few to defeat the many (idiom); to win from a position of weakness
(after a sum has been paid in advance) to refund (in case of overpayment) or be reimbursed (in case of underpayment)
lit. a person who has seen little of the world will be be astonished by certain things (idiom) / fig. to be taken aback by sth because of one's lack of sophistication; naive; unworldy
to give short weight
young and pretty / pretty girl
Young Pioneers of China (primary school league, a preparation for Communist Youth League) / abbr. to 少先隊|少先队
children's center / children's club
Mind your own business! / Don't interfere!
a thousand cups of wine is not too much when best friends meet (idiom) / when you're with close friends, you can let your hair down
the old and the young
men, women, young and old; all kinds of people; people of all ages
old but young at heart
junior ranking officer in Chinese army / major / lieutenant commander
cannot be avoided / cannot do without
Minor Treasurer in imperial China, one of the Nine Ministers 九卿
the Shaolin monastery and martial arts school
airline steward
lit. many monks and not much gruel (idiom) / fig. not enough to go around / demand exceeds supply
second lieutenant (army rank)
boss's son
cheating neither old nor young / treating youngsters and old folk equally scrupulously / Our house offers sincere treatment to all and fair trade to old and young alike.
a short while / soon
(idiom) young and inexperienced; wet behind the ears
accomplished though young / lacking youthful vigor
short of food and clothing / destitute
lesser yang gallbladder meridian of the leg (one of the 12 principal meridians of TCM)
brainless / stupid
peerless / second to none (idiom)
a rich young bully of old Shanghai
Nouakchott, capital of Mauritania (Tw)
keep calm, don't get excited / don't be impatient
very little / very few
too few / insufficient
variant of 少安毋躁
young, unmarried male; young guy
Jungfrau, peak in Switzerland
a small proportion of / Taiwan pr. [shao3bu4fen4]
very few; very little
if you are lazy in your prime, you'll be sorry in your old age
(coll.) dim-witted / foolish / absent-minded
indispensable; essential
young criminal / juvenile delinquent
boys and girls / teenagers
(idiom) (of a husband and wife etc) to spend more time apart than together; to see each other very little
lots of money, less work, and close to home / ideal job
to add less (of a spice etc)
declining birthrate (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 少子化 "shoushika")
(literary) a little while
indispensable
hardly any better / just as bad
somewhat / more or less

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