少见
shǎo jiàn
Pinyin

Definition

少见
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shǎo jiàn
  1. rare
  2. not familiar (to the speaker)
  3. sth rarely experience
  4. hard to see

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

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
少女
shào nu:3
  1. 1 girl
  2. 2 young lady
少年
shào nián
  1. 1 early youth
  2. 2 youngster
  3. 3 (literary) youth
  4. 4 young man
少数
shǎo shù
  1. 1 small number
  2. 2 few
  3. 3 minority
少林寺
Shào lín Sì
  1. 1 Shaolin Temple, Buddhist monastery famous for its kung fu monks
少爷
shào ye
  1. 1 son of the boss
  2. 2 young master of the house
  3. 3 your son (honorific)
少许
shǎo xǔ
  1. 1 a little
  2. 2 a few
少量
shǎo liàng
  1. 1 a smidgen
  2. 2 a little bit
  3. 3 a few
年少
nián shào
  1. 1 young
  2. 2 junior
减少
jiǎn shǎo
  1. 1 to lessen
  2. 2 to decrease
  3. 3 to reduce
  4. 4 to lower
缺少
quē shǎo
  1. 1 lack
  2. 2 shortage of
  3. 3 shortfall
  4. 4 to be short (of)
  5. 5 to lack
至少
zhì shǎo
  1. 1 at least
  2. 2 (to say the) least
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
凶多吉少
xiōng duō jí shǎo
  1. 1 everything bodes ill, no positive signs (idiom); inauspicious
  2. 2 everything points to disaster
刘少奇
Liú Shào qí
  1. 1 Liu Shaoqi (1898-1969), Chinese communist leader, a martyr of the Cultural Revolution
多多少少
duō duō shǎo shǎo
  1. 1 to some extent
  2. 2 more or less
多退少补
duō tuì shǎo bǔ
  1. 1 (after a sum has been paid in advance) to refund (in case of overpayment) or be reimbursed (in case of underpayment)

Idioms (13)

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
凶多吉少
xiōng duō jí shǎo
  1. 1 everything bodes ill, no positive signs (idiom); inauspicious
  2. 2 everything points to disaster
多一事不如少一事
duō yī shì bù rú shǎo yī shì
  1. 1 it is better to avoid unnecessary trouble (idiom)
  2. 2 the less complications the better
寡二少双
guǎ èr shǎo shuāng
  1. 1 peerless
  2. 2 second to none (idiom)
少女露笑脸，婚事半成全
shào nu:3 lù xiào liǎn , hūn shì bàn chéng quán
  1. 1 When the girl smiles, the matchmaker's job is half done. (idiom)
少成多
shǎo chéng duō
  1. 1 Many little things add up to sth great (idiom); many a mickle makes a muckle
少见多怪
shǎo jiàn duō guài
  1. 1 lit. rarely seen, very strange (idiom); to express amazement due to lack of experience
  2. 2 naive expression of excitement due to ignorance
洋场恶少
yáng chǎng è shào
  1. 1 city infested with foreign adventurers (esp. of Shanghai in pre-Liberation China) (idiom)
疏谋少略
shū móu shǎo lu:è
  1. 1 unable to plan
  2. 2 inept at strategy (idiom)
积少成多
jī shǎo chéng duō
  1. 1 Many little things add up to sth great.
  2. 2 Many little drops make an ocean. (idiom)
酒逢知己千杯少
jiǔ féng zhī jǐ qiān bēi shǎo
  1. 1 a thousand cups of wine is not too much when best friends meet (idiom)
  2. 2 when you're with close friends, you can let your hair down

Sample Sentences

哎！别客气！这家餐厅的茶都是英国进口的，连点心的用料也是，很少见。
āi ！bié kèqi ！zhè jiā cāntīng de chá dōu shì Yīngguó jìnkǒu de ，lián diǎnxīn de yòngliào yě shì ，hěn shǎojiàn 。
Agh! Don't mention it! This tea at this place is imported from the UK. Even the ingredients for the pastries are too. That's really quite rare.
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卓文君爱上了一个只见过一次面的人，半夜跟着他私奔，在古代中国是很少见的。
zhuówénjūn àishàng le yī gè zhī jiàn guò yīcì miàn de rén ，bànyè gēn zhe tā sībēn ，zài gǔdài Zhōngguó shì hěn shǎojiàn de 。
Zhuo Wen Jun fell in love with someone she met once and eloped with him in the middle of the night. This was very rare in ancient China.
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我昨天逛古董店，看到一把明代的椅子。老板开价3万，说是少见的精品。你说现在还有可能买到真正的明代家具吗？
wǒ zuótiān guàng gǔdǒngdiàn ，kàndào yī bǎ Míngdài de yǐzi 。lǎobǎn kāijià sānwàn ，shuō shì shǎo jiàn de jīngpǐn 。nǐ shuō xiànzài hái yǒu kěnéng mǎidào zhēnzhèng de Míngdài jiājù ma ？
Yesterday I was looking around in an antique shop and I saw a chair from the Ming dynasty. The shop owner asked 300,000 yuan for it and claimed it was a rare and unique work of art. Do you think it's still possible to buy authentic Ming dynasty furniture?
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