屈指可数 — Chinese idiom
屈指可数
qū zhǐ kě shǔ
Traditional: 屈指可數
Meaning
- (lit.) can be counted on one's fingers
- (fig.) very few
Character by character
- 屈qūto bend, to flex; bent, crooked, crouched
- 指zhǐfinger, toe; to point, to indicate
- 可kěmay, can, -able; possibly
- 数shǔcount, number, several
Idioms sharing a character
- 卑躬屈膝 bēi gōng qū xī
- 坚强不屈 jiān qiáng bù qū
- 坚贞不屈 jiān zhēn bù qū
- 宁死不屈 nìng sǐ bù qū
- 理屈词穷 lǐ qū cí qióng
- 首屈一指 shǒu qū yī zhǐ
- 一弹指顷 yī tán zhǐ qǐng
- 了如指掌 liǎo rú zhǐ zhǎng
- 令人发指 lìng rén fà zhǐ
- 如臂使指 rú bì shǐ zhǐ
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