寥寥无几 — Chinese idiom
寥寥无几
liáo liáo wú jǐ
Traditional: 寥寥無幾
Meaning
- very few
Character by character
- 寥liáofew, scarce; empty, deserted
- 寥liáofew, scarce; empty, deserted
- 无wúno, not; lacking, -less
- 几jǐsmall table; how many; a few, some
Idioms sharing a character
- 寥寥可数 liáo liáo kě shǔ
- 寥若晨星 liáo ruò chén xīng
- 一事无成 yī shì wú chéng
- 一往无前 yī wǎng wú qián
- 一望无垠 yī wàng wú yín
- 一望无际 yī wàng wú jì
- 一无所有 yī wú suǒ yǒu
- 一无所知 yī wú suǒ zhī
- 一无是处 yī wú shì chù
- 一览无余 yī lǎn wú yú
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