汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 寥寥无几
寥寥无几 (寥寥無幾)
just a very few (idiom); tiny number / not many at all / You count them on your fingers.
Very rare, not many
形容数量非常少。
liáo () wú () jǐ/jī
EXAMPLE SENTENCES

看演出的观众寥寥无几

The show is drawing but a meagre audience.

号召自愿参加,但响应者寥寥无几

A call for volunteers was sent out, but very few people responded.

那家小村舍里的家具寥寥无几

There is bare minimum of furniture in that cottage.

在高级别公务员中,女性仍然寥寥无几

There are still few women in the upper reaches of the civil service.

不顾及别人的人,他的朋友寥寥无几

People who refuse to consider others have few friends.

是故能从轮回之中解脱的人寥寥无几

Thus only few are liberated from samsara.

一个学期算下来,在饭堂吃饭的次数寥寥无几

One semester must register, the number of meals in the canteen are few.

如今有太多的人在角逐寥寥无几的工作职位。

Too many people are chasing too few jobs nowadays.

此外,在战后年代之后,有技术的石工寥寥无几

Besides, there are very few skilled stone workers left after the war years.

祖父是独生子,没有亲戚,茕茕孑立,沉默不语,朋友更是寥寥无几

He had no relation for he was an only child and, being solitary and silent, he had few friends.