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少shǎoⅠ （数量小） few; little; less: ～ 出差错 made fewer mistakes; ～ 说空话 renounce empty talk; 以 ～ 胜多 defeat the many with the few; 留下吃饭的人很 ～。 Only a few stayed for dinner. 你应该 ～ 喝酒。 You should drink less. 七比九 ～ 二。 Seven is two less than nine. ～ 花钱， 多办事。 Get more done on less money. 现在我工作中困难 ～ 些了。Now I meet with fewer difficulties in my work. 最近我们很 ～ 见到他。 We've seen very little of him lately. Ⅱ ❶ (不够原有或应有的数目； 缺少) be short; lack: 缺医 ～ 药 be short of doctors and medicine; 还 ～ 一双筷子。 We still lack a pair of chopsticks. 我们还 ～ 两把椅子。We've still two chairs short. 我们 ～ 一个好的守门员。 We lack a good goalkeeper. 帐算错了， ～ 一块钱。 This account is wrong; we're one yuan short.
❷ (丢； 遗失) lose; be missing: 看看 ～ 不 ～ 人。 See if anyone is missing. ～ 了一本书。 One book is missing. 他屋里 ～ 了东西。 He had lost sth. in his house. 羊群里 ～ 了几只羊。 A few sheep have been lost from the flock. 这里肯定 ～ 了一个字。 Surely, there's a word missing here.
❸ （不要） stop; quit: ～ 废话！ Stop talking rubbish! ～ 给我装蒜！ Stop pretending! ～ 来这一套。 Cut it out.; Quit that! Ⅲ ❶ （稀有） seldom: ～ 见 seldom seen; unique; rare
❷ (暂时； 稍微) a little while; a moment: 请 ～ 候。 Wait a moment, please.
另见 see also shào。
◆少安毋躁 Take it easy. Don't make a fuss!; Don't be impatient!; Please calm down a little and do not get excited.; Wait for a while.；
少不得 cannot do without; cannot dispense with；
少不了 cannot do without; cannot dispense with; be bound to; be unavoidable; considerable；
少待片刻 Please wait a little while.；
少而精 smaller quantity, better quality; fewer but better；
少管闲事 Don't meddle in others' affairs.; Don't put your finger in the pie.; Mind your own business.；
少花钱多办事 do more and better with less funds; 少见多怪 Things seldom seen are strange.; A man who has seen little regards many things as strange.; comment excitedly on a commonplace thing (out of inexperience); Having seen little, one gets excited easily.; One's experience is but limited, and, consequently everything is a surprise to him.; The less one sees the more there will be to wonder at.; wonder at what one has not seen; consider sth. remarkable simply because one has not seen it before；
少刻 after a little while; a moment later；
少量 a small amount; a little; a few; fleabite; touch; taste; smack; snap; scantling; dram；
少陪 [套] if you'll excuse me; I'm afraid I must be going now.；
少顷 [书] after a short while; after a few moments; presently；
少时 after a little while; a moment later；
少数 small number; few; minority；
少数民族 minority nationality; national minority；
少数人 a small number of people; a few people; the few; the minority；
少说为妙 The less said about it, the better.; (The) least said, (the) soonest mended.; 少许 [书] a little; a few; a modicum; crumb；
少有 rare; excep￣ tional; seldom；
少云 {气} partly cloudy
少shàoⅠ （年纪轻） young: 男女老 ～ men and women; old and young; 做这项工作， 他还有点年 ～。 He is too young to do the work. Ⅱ ❶ （少爷） son of a rich family; young-master: 恶 ～ young ruffian; 阔 ～ a profligate son of the rich
❷ （姓氏） a surname: ～ 年唯 Shao Nianwei
另见 see also shǎo。
◆少白头 be prematurely grey; a young person with greying hair；
少不更事 be too young and unable to understand how people should behave; be still wet behind the ears; green; inexperienced and easily fooled; inexperienced in life; not dry behind the ears; (too) young and inexperienced；
少妇 young married woman；
少将 (陆军， 美空军) major general; （海军） rear admiral; （英空军） air vice marshal；
少奶奶 [旧] young mistress of the house; your daughter-in-law；
少年 early youth; juvenile; young person; teen-age youths；
少年法庭 children's court; 少年犯罪 juvenile delinquency；
少年老成 an old head on young shoulders; young but prudent and capable; young but experienced; an old fashioned youth; a young person lacking in vigor and drive；
少女 young girl; maid; maiden；
少尉 (陆军， 美空军) second lieutenant; （美海军） ensign; （英空军） pilot officer; squadron leader; （英海军） acting sublieutenant；
少先队 [简] Young Pioneers；
少校 (陆军， 美空军) major; （海军） lieutenant commander; （英空军） squadron leader；
少爷 [旧] young master of the house; young son；
少壮 young and vigorous；
少壮不努力， 老大徒伤悲 It will be too late to bewail the time wasted in one's youth.; A man who does not work hard in his youth will be grieved when he grows old.; An idle youth, a needy age.; A young idler, an old begger.; Idly young, needy old.; If one does not exert oneself in youth, he will regret in old age.; One who misspends his youth will grieve in vain in old age. 少shǎoscanty; insufficient; reduced
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