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  *稀* | 稀* | *稀
sparse; scattered / rare; uncommon / diluted; thin; watery / (bound form) sth liquid or of thin consistency (as in 綠豆稀|绿豆稀 "sweet mung bean soup") / (bound form) totally; extremely (used with negative attributes, as in 稀糟 "utterly ruined")
HSK 7-9
rare / strange
HSK 7-9
sparse / rare
HSK 7-9
rare; uncommon / rare thing; rarity / to value as a rarity; to cherish / Taiwan pr. [xi1han3]
HSK 7-9
sparse / infrequent / thinly spread
to dilute
uncommon; rare
vaguely / dimly / probably / very likely
scarce / scarcity
rare earth (chemistry)
thin / rarefied
porridge; gruel; congee
(coll.) to have diarrhea / to shrink back / to cower
rare
thoroughly mashed; mushy / smashed up; broken into pieces / (fig.) abysmal; shockingly bad
(idiom) crazy; bizarre; weird; fantastic; strange
rare / precious and uncommon
seventy years old
poor / sloppy / unconcerned / heedless / lax / unimportant / trivial / loose / porous
smashed up; broken into pieces
over seventy years old
infrequent visitor
vast, but sparsely populated
water gruel / thin porridge
sparse and fragmentary
(coll.) to have diarrhea
to thin out gradually / to become fainter and fainter
(coll.) to have diarrhea
no sign of human habitation (idiom); desolate
rare gas / noble gas (chemistry)
muddleheaded / careless
(onom.) chaotic or dynamic noises (pattering, crashing, rustling, clattering, sobbing etc) / smashed to pieces; completely routed
rare earth element
the rarer sth is, the greater its value (idiom)
to try to smooth things over / to paper over the issues / to gloss things over
rare earth element (chemistry)
(chemistry) rare element
thin / diluted
(idiom) nothing special; ordinary
cancellous bone / trabecular bone / spongy bone
maltose syrup


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