少 [shao3 shao4]

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汉字：少／拼音：shao3 shao4

少

shǎo	few/ less/ to lack/ to be missing/ to stop (doing sth)/ seldom
shào	young

（少）的使用实例：

简体	繁体	拼音	英文
不可缺少	不可缺少	bu4 ke3 que1 shao3	indispensable
不少	不少	bu4 shao3	many/ a lot/ not few
也好不了多少	也好不了多少	ye3 hao3 bu5 liao3 duo1 shao3	hardly any better/ just as bad
人烟稀少	人煙稀少	ren2 yan1 xi1 shao3	no sign of human habitation (idiom); desolate
以少胜多	以少勝多	yi3 shao3 sheng4 duo1	using the few to defeat the many (idiom); to win from a position of weakness
僧多粥少	僧多粥少	seng1 duo1 zhou1 shao3	lit. many monks and not much gruel (idiom)/ fig. not enough to go around/ demand exceeds supply
凶多吉少	凶多吉少	xiong1 duo1 ji2 shao3	everything bodes ill, no positive signs (idiom); inauspicious/ everything points to disaster
刘少奇	劉少奇	Liu2 Shao4 qi2	Liu Shaoqi (1898-1969), Chinese communist leader, a martyr of the Cultural Revolution
多一事不如少一事	多一事不如少一事	duo1 yi1 shi4 bu4 ru2 shao3 yi1 shi4	it is better to avoid unnecessary trouble (idiom)/ the less complications the better
多多少少	多多少少	duo1 duo1 shao3 shao3	to some extent/ more or less
多少	多少	duo1 shao3	number/ amount/ somewhat
多少	多少	duo1 shao5	how much?/ how many?/ (phone number, student ID etc) what number?
多少有些	多少有些	duo1 shao3 you3 xie1	somewhat/ more or less
多栽花少栽刺	多栽花少栽刺	duo1 zai1 hua1 shao3 zai1 ci4	talk nicely and avoid disputes/ give compliments and not remarks
多退少补	多退少補	duo1 tui4 shao3 bu3	(after a sum has been paid in advance) to refund (in case of overpayment) or be reimbursed (in case of underpayment)
寡二少双	寡二少雙	gua3 er4 shao3 shuang1	peerless/ second to none (idiom)
少	少	shao3	few/ less/ to lack/ to be missing/ to stop (doing sth)/ seldom
少	少	shao4	young
少不了	少不了	shao3 bu5 liao3	cannot do without/ to be unavoidable/ are bound to be many
少不得	少不得	shao3 bu5 de2	cannot be avoided/ cannot do without
少之又少	少之又少	shao3 zhi1 you4 shao3	very few/ very little
少来	少來	shao3 lai2	refrain (from doing sth)/ (coll.) Come on!/ Give me a break!/ Save it!
少先队	少先隊	Shao4 Xian1 dui4	Young Pioneers of China, abbr. for 少年先鋒隊\|少年先锋队[Shao4 nian2 Xian1 feng1 dui4]
少儿	少兒	shao4 er2	child
少儿不宜	少兒不宜	shao4 er2 bu4 yi2	not suitable for children
少刻	少刻	shao3 ke4	a short while/ soon
少块肉	少塊肉	shao3 kuai4 rou4	(coll.) (usually used in the negative) (can't) hurt (to do sth)/ (won't) hurt (to do sth)
少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲	少壯不努力，老大徒傷悲	shao4 zhuang4 bu4 nu3 li4 , lao3 da4 tu2 shang1 bei1	if you are lazy in your prime, you'll be sorry in your old age
少壮派	少壯派	shao4 zhuang4 pai4	young guard/ young and vigorous group with new ideas/ new wave
少女	少女	shao4 nu:3	girl/ young lady

还有更多的使用实例被省略掉了。

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