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寥寥无几

liáo liáo wú jǐ

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 4-character word Traditional 寥寥無幾

寥寥无几 (liáo liáo wú jǐ) means "just a very few (idiom); tiny number; not many at all; You count them on your fingers.". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 寥寥无几 means

1. idiomvery few

The characters in 寥寥无几

• 寥liáoempty; lonesome; very few
• 寥liáoempty; lonesome; very few
• 无wúnot to have; no; none
• 几jǐhow many; how much; several; a few

Example sentences

• 值得观看的电视节目寥寥无几。
  Zhíde guānkàn de diànshìjiémù liáoliáowújǐ.
  Only a few TV programs are worth watching.

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