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charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *少* | 少* | *少
few / less / to lack / to be missing / to stop (doing sth) / seldom
HSK 1
early youth / youngster / (literary) youth; young man
HSK 2
small number / few / minority
HSK 2
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
Shaolin Temple, Buddhist monastery famous for its kung fu monks
HSK 7-9
young married woman
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *少* | 少* | *少
young
young lady of the house / wife of the young master
major general / rear admiral / air vice marshal
a little; a few
ethnic minority
soon / a short while / a narrow gap / slightly better (state of health)
boss's son / young master; young boss
refrain (from doing sth) / (coll.) Come on! / Give me a break! / Save it!
(Tw) young people; youngster
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
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
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!
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
second lieutenant (army rank)
boss's son
a short while / soon
(idiom) young and inexperienced; wet behind the ears
accomplished though young / lacking youthful vigor
lesser yang gallbladder meridian of the leg (one of the 12 principal meridians of TCM)
keep calm, don't get excited / don't be impatient
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
young criminal / juvenile delinquent
boys and girls / teenagers
to add less (of a spice etc)
declining birthrate (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 少子化 "shoushika")
(literary) a little while
not suitable for children
(coll.) (usually used in the negative) (can't) hurt (to do sth) / (won't) hurt (to do sth)
young guard / young and vigorous group with new ideas / new wave
husband and wife in youth, companions in old age
ethnic minority
ethnic township (formal village level subdivision of PRC county)
son of the boss / young master of the house / your son (honorific)
Few words are best. / Brevity is the soul of wit.
name of disease in TCM
in a short while / presently


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