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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *少* | 少* | *少
few / less / to lack / to be missing / to stop (doing sth) / seldom
HSK 1
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *少* | 少* | *少
young
small number / few / minority
HSK 2
early youth / youngster / (literary) youth; young man
HSK 2
child
HSK 6
girl / young lady
HSK 7-9
Shaolin Temple, Buddhist monastery famous for its kung fu monks
HSK 7-9
(Tw) young people; youngster
boys and girls / teenagers
junior ranking officer in Chinese army / major / lieutenant commander
the Shaolin monastery and martial arts school
husband and wife in youth, companions in old age
declining birthrate (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 少子化 "shoushika")
Young Pioneers of China, abbr. for 少年先鋒隊|少年先锋队
not suitable for children
if you are lazy in your prime, you'll be sorry in your old age
young criminal / juvenile delinquent
young, unmarried male; young guy
rare / infrequent
HSK 7-9
ethnic minority
rare; seldom seen / (formal) it's a rare pleasure to see you
HSK 7-9
young guard / young and vigorous group with new ideas / new wave
a smidgen / a little bit / a few
HSK 7-9
Children's Palace, institution where children can take part in various extracurricular activities
accomplished though young / lacking youthful vigor
second lieutenant (army rank)
young and pretty / pretty girl
a little; a few
a short while / soon
Few words are best. / Brevity is the soul of wit.
very few; very little
cannot do without / to be unavoidable / are bound to be many
HSK 7-9
major general / rear admiral / air vice marshal
(literary) a little while
son of the boss / young master of the house / your son (honorific)
boss's son
Mind your own business! / Don't interfere!
young married woman
cannot be avoided / cannot do without
young lady of the house / wife of the young master
lesser yang gallbladder meridian of the leg (one of the 12 principal meridians of TCM)
(idiom) young and inexperienced; wet behind the ears
boss's son / young master; young boss
soon / a short while / a narrow gap / slightly better (state of health)
in a short while / presently
to be prematurely gray / young person with graying hair
keep calm, don't get excited / don't be impatient
Young Pioneers of China (primary school league, a preparation for Communist Youth League) / abbr. to 少先隊|少先队
(coll.) dim-witted / foolish / absent-minded
Jungfrau, peak in Switzerland
refrain (from doing sth) / (coll.) Come on! / Give me a break! / Save it!
(coll.) (usually used in the negative) (can't) hurt (to do sth) / (won't) hurt (to do sth)
lit. a person who has seen little of the world will be astonished by certain things (idiom) / fig. to be taken aback by sth because of one's lack of sophistication; naive; unworldly
children's center / children's club
a small proportion of / Taiwan pr. [shao3bu4fen4]
name of disease in TCM
to add less (of a spice etc)
ethnic minority
minister in charge of the palace treasury in imperial China
ethnic township (formal village level subdivision of PRC county)
variant of 少安毋躁


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