多多少少
duō duō shǎo shǎo
Pinyin

Definition

多多少少
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duō duō shǎo shǎo
  1. to some extent
  2. more or less

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

多
duō
  1. 1 many
  2. 2 much
  3. 3 often
  4. 4 a lot of
  5. 5 numerous
  6. 6 more
  7. 7 in excess
  8. 8 how (to what extent)
  9. 9 multi-
  10. 10 Taiwan pr. [duó] when it means "how"
多少
duō shǎo
  1. 1 number
  2. 2 amount
  3. 3 somewhat
少
shǎo
  1. 1 few
  2. 2 less
  3. 3 to lack
  4. 4 to be missing
  5. 5 to stop (doing sth)
  6. 6 seldom
不少
bù shǎo
  1. 1 many
  2. 2 a lot
  3. 3 not few
二十多
èr shí duō
  1. 1 over 20

Idioms (20)

不遑多让
bù huáng duō ràng
  1. 1 lit. to have no time for civilities (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. not to be outdone
  3. 3 not to yield to one's opponents
人多势众
rén duō shì zhòng
  1. 1 many men, a great force (idiom); many hands provide great strength
  2. 2 There is safety in numbers.
人烟稀少
rén yān xī shǎo
  1. 1 no sign of human habitation (idiom); desolate
以少胜多
yǐ shǎo shèng duō
  1. 1 using the few to defeat the many (idiom); to win from a position of weakness
僧多粥少
sēng duō zhōu shǎo
  1. 1 lit. many monks and not much gruel (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. not enough to go around
  3. 3 demand exceeds supply

Sample Sentences

也就是因为人性里面，多多少少地含有这相对的两种气质，许多人才能够欣赏和自己气质不尽相同，甚至大不相同的人。
yějiùshì yīnwèi rénxìng lǐmiàn ，duōduōshǎoshǎo de hányǒu zhè xiāngduì de liǎng zhǒng qìzhì ，xǔduō rén cái nénggòu xīnshǎng hé zìjǐ qìzhì bù jìn xiāngtóng ，shènzhì dàbùxiāngtóng de rén 。
And that's also because there are two sides to humanity, so to a greater or lesser extent we both have these two opposite characteristics, so many people can only enjoy people who aren't completely the same as themselves, or even those who are completely different to themselves.
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两者粗看若相反，实则乃相成。实际上每个人多多少少都兼有这两种气质，只是比例不同而已。
liǎng zhě cū kàn ruò xiāngfǎn ，shí zé nǎi xiāngchéng 。shíjìshàng měi ge rén duōduōshǎoshǎo dōu jiān yǒu zhè liǎng zhǒng qìzhì ，zhǐshì bǐlì bùtóng éryǐ 。
A cursory glance at the them makes them seem like opposites, but they're actually complementary. Every person has both of these characteristics to some extent in reality, it's just a question of proportions.
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哇，这样我也多多少少能理解呢，常常看电视上的艺人努力表演，真的非常专业。也难怪你们这么崇拜他们。
wā ，zhèyàng wǒ yě duōduōshǎoshǎo něnglǐjiě ne ，chángcháng kàn diànshì shàng de yìrén nǔlì biǎoyǎn ，zhēnde fēicháng zhuānyè 。yě nánguài nǐmen zhème chóngbài tāmen 。
Wow, I think I more or less understand, I often see how hard performers work on television, they're so professional. No wonder you worship them so much.
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多多少少会有点问题。我以前就有个外国朋友睡不惯中国的硬板床，其它方面都还好。这不，现在这个朋友是因为一些卫生习惯受不了，所以想换一家试试。
duōduōshǎoshǎo huì yǒu diǎn wèntí 。wǒ yǐqián jiù yǒu gè wàiguó péngyou shuì bùguàn Zhōngguó de yìngbǎnchuáng ，qítā fāngmiàn dōu háihǎo 。zhèbù ，xiànzài zhè ge péngyou shì yīnwèi yīxiē wèishēng xíguàn shòubuliǎo ，suǒyǐ xiǎng huàn yī jiā shìshi 。
There are bound to be some problems. Before I had a foreign friend who wasn't used to sleeping on a hard Chinese mattress. In all other aspects, things were okay. But look it, now this friend is unable to put up with some of the family's hygiene practices, so he wants to try changing homes.
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真的吗？不过依我看，管理重要，人们的意识也同样重要。我们在生活中都多多少少做过一些侵犯知识产权的事，比如说下载音乐、买盗版碟，买一些假名牌什么的。所以我想要真正解决问题，大家还应该好好地规范规范自己的行为才行。
zhēndema ？bùguò yī wǒ kàn ，guǎnlǐ zhòngyào ，rénmen de yìshi yě tóngyàng zhòngyào 。wǒmen zài shēnghuó zhōng dōu duōduōshǎoshǎo zuò guo yīxiē qīnfàn zhīshichǎnquán de shì ，bǐrú shuō xiàzǎi yīnyuè 、mǎi dàobǎn dié ，mǎi yīxiē jiǎ míngpái shénmede 。suǒyǐ wǒ xiǎng yào zhēnzhèng jiějué wèntí ，dàjiā hái yīnggāi hǎohāo de guīfàn guīfàn zìjǐde xíngwéi cáixíng 。
Really? In my opinion supervision is important, but public awareness is equally as important. In our daily lives, we have all done something to infringe on intellectual property rights to some degree, for example: download music, buy pirated DVDs, buy fake brand name goods, etc. So, I think that if we genuinely want to solve this problem, everyone has to diligently regulate their own behavior.
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