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charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *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
many / a lot / not few
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
sparse / rare
HSK 7-9
absolutely necessary / indispensable / essential
HSK 7-9
more or less
HSK 7-9
lit. everything bodes ill, no positive signs (idiom) / fig. inauspicious; everything points to disaster
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *少* | 少* | *少
young
at least / minimum / lowest (amount) / minimal
number; amount / somewhat
young / junior
very few / rarely
to be short of the full amount
to some extent / more or less
many wolves and not enough meat / not enough to go around
young thug / malicious young ruffian
no sign of human habitation (idiom); desolate
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
lit. many monks and not much gruel (idiom) / fig. not enough to go around / demand exceeds supply
a rich young bully of old Shanghai
Nouakchott, capital of Mauritania (Tw)
very little / very few
too few / insufficient
very few; very little
indispensable; essential
indispensable
hardly any better / just as bad
airline steward (abbr. for 空中少爺|空中少爷)


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