1 uncommon

1 rare

2 uncommon

3 rarity

4 to value as a rarity

5 to cherish

6 Taiwan pr. [xī hǎn]

1 porridge

2 gruel

1 vaguely

2 dimly

3 probably

4 very likely

1 rice congee made with red beans, lotus seeds, longan, red dates, nuts etc

1 lit. a piece of rat feces spoiled the whole pot of congee (idiom)

2 fig. one bad apple can spoil the whole bunch

1 no sign of human habitation (idiom); desolate

1 lit. many monks and not much gruel (idiom)

2 fig. not enough to go around

3 demand exceeds supply

1 to provide alms and rice (idiom)

1 the rarer sth is, the greater its value (idiom)