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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
many / a lot / not few
HSK 2
small number / few / minority
HSK 2
early youth / youngster / (literary) youth; young man
HSK 2
adolescent / youth / teenager
HSK 2
lack / shortage of / shortfall / to be short (of) / to lack
HSK 3
at least / (to say the) least
HSK 3
to lessen; to decrease; to reduce; to lower
HSK 4
child
HSK 6
absolutely necessary / indispensable / essential
HSK 7-9
cannot do without / to be unavoidable / are bound to be many
HSK 7-9
Shaolin Temple, Buddhist monastery famous for its kung fu monks
HSK 7-9
a smidgen / a little bit / a few
HSK 7-9
extremely few / a small minority
HSK 7-9
girl / young lady
HSK 7-9
rare; seldom seen / (formal) it's a rare pleasure to see you
HSK 7-9
sparse / rare
HSK 7-9
more or less
HSK 7-9
rare / infrequent
HSK 7-9
a little; a few
young married woman
very little / very few
very few / rarely
lit. everything bodes ill, no positive signs (idiom) / fig. inauspicious; everything points to disaster
refrain (from doing sth) / (coll.) Come on! / Give me a break! / Save it!
men, women, young and old; all kinds of people; people of all ages
young thug / malicious young ruffian
boss's son / young master; young boss
no sign of human habitation (idiom); desolate
to be short of the full amount
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *少* | 少* | *少
young
young / junior
young lady of the house / wife of the young master
suitable for young and old
number; amount / somewhat
major general / rear admiral / air vice marshal
second lieutenant (army rank)
at least / minimum / lowest (amount) / minimal
national minority / ethnic group
Liu Shaoqi (1898-1969), Chinese communist leader, a martyr of the Cultural Revolution
Young Pioneers of China, abbr. for 少年先鋒隊|少年先锋队
to give short weight
brainless / stupid
to some extent / more or less
(idiom) many little things add up to sth great; many little drops make an ocean
(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
using the few to defeat the many (idiom); to win from a position of weakness
boss's son
the old and the young
Mind your own business! / Don't interfere!
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
it is better to avoid unnecessary trouble (idiom) / the less complications the better
Children's Palace, institution where children can take part in various extracurricular activities
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
airline steward
the Shaolin monastery and martial arts school
Minor Treasurer in imperial China, one of the Nine Ministers 九卿
old but young at heart
many wolves and not enough meat / not enough to go around
junior ranking officer in Chinese army / major / lieutenant commander
cannot be avoided / cannot do without
young and pretty / pretty girl
soon / a short while / a narrow gap / slightly better (state of health)
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
lit. many monks and not much gruel (idiom) / fig. not enough to go around / demand exceeds supply
accomplished though young / lacking youthful vigor
young and inexperienced; wet behind the ears
short of food and clothing / destitute
lesser yang gallbladder meridian of the leg (one of the 12 principal meridians of TCM)
boys and girls / teenagers
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
variant of 少安毋躁
too few / insufficient
young, unmarried male; young guy
Jungfrau, peak in Switzerland
young criminal / juvenile delinquent
declining birthrate (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 少子化 "shoushika")
indispensable; essential
indispensable
hardly any better / just as bad
somewhat / more or less
talk nicely and avoid disputes / give compliments and not remarks
very few; very little
not suitable for children
(coll.) (usually used in the negative) (can't) hurt (to do sth) / (won't) hurt (to do sth)
if you are lazy in your prime, you'll be sorry in your old age
young guard / young and vigorous group with new ideas / new wave
husband and wife in youth, companions in old age
to add less (of a spice etc)
ethnic minority
ethnic township (formal village level subdivision of PRC county)

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