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


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