少数民族 (少數民族)
shǎo shù mín zú
Pinyin
Definition
少数民族 (少數民族)
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- national minority
- ethnic group
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
人烟稀少
- 1 no sign of human habitation (idiom); desolate
仁民爱物
- 1 love to all creatures (idiom, from Mencius); universal benevolence
以少胜多
- 1 using the few to defeat the many (idiom); to win from a position of weakness
便民利民
- 1 for the convenience and benefit of the people (idiom)
僧多粥少
- 1 lit. many monks and not much gruel (idiom)
- 2 fig. not enough to go around
- 3 demand exceeds supply
Sample Sentences
你说的多是汉族的起名习惯吧,少数民族的名字则和我们通常所见的名字不太一样,而且字数都很多。比如肖甫开提,阿依布拉克什么的,这些就是维吾尔族的名字。
I think you're talking about how Chinese choose names. Minority peoples' names are different from the ones we usually see. And there are a lot of characters. For example Xiaofukaiti, A-yibulake and so on. These are Uighur names.
中国有很多少数民族。
China has a lot of ethnic minorities.
你看起来相当地冷静。祝你好运!你选择的是有关民族方面的问题。请听题。第一题,请问,少数民族中人口最多的一个民族是哪个?它主要聚居在哪里?
You seem considerably calm. Here's wishing you the best of luck! You've chosen questions concerning different ethnic groups. Please, listen to your questions. Question number 1: among all of the ethnic minorities, which group is the most populous, and which area do they mainly inhabit?
回答得干净利落。恭喜你,回答正确。请继续答题。第二题,我国一共有几个少数民族自治区,请说出它们的全称。
A swift and concise answer. Congratulations, you've answered correctly. Please continue answering the questions. Question number 2: How many ethnic minority autonomous regions are there in China?
让我们回到密西西比去,回到亚拉巴马去,回到南卡罗来纳去,回到佐治亚去,回到路易斯安那去,回到我们北方城市中的贫民区和少数民族居住区去,要心中有数,这种状况是能够也必将改变的。我们不要陷入绝望而不克自拔。
这个地方叫寂州真是一点都没错。那么偏僻,荒凉。完全没有受到现代社会的影响。现在我们也可以体会一下少数民族的生活了。
Jizhou is just the right name for this place. It's so remote and desolate. It's completely unaffected by modern society. And now we can get a feel for ethnic minority life.