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很少
  • [hěnshǎo]
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Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

很少 [hěnshǎo]
  1. 1. adverb rarely

Examples

人总是要犯错误的,但不可救药的却很少
Everyone makes mistakes, but few are incorrigible.
他管账很少出错。
He seldom makes a mistake in the accounts.
他最近很少动笔。
He hasn't done much writing recently.
很少人斗得过他。
Few people can get the better of him.
他工作太忙,很少顾家。
He's so busy at work that he hardly looks after his family.
我跟他不在一个单位,所以很少过话。
We don't work in the same outfit, so we haven't talked much.
他们人数很少,能量很大。
Though few in number, they have enormous capacity for manoeuvre.
这个词儿平常很少用。
This word is seldom used on ordinary occasions.
如今很少有人用毛笔了。
Few people use writing brushes nowadays.
今年师范院校报名者中上线的很少
This year normal schools and teachers colleges have only a few applicants who reached the admission test scores.

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