汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 寥若晨星
寥若晨星
rare as morning stars (idiom) / few and far between / sparse
It is as rare as the morning stars / Refers to very few
寥稀疏。稀少得好象早晨的星星。指为数极少。
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EXAMPLE SENTENCES

在几百个职业乐团中,称得上一流的真是寥若晨星

Of all the hundreds of professional music groups, very few can hit the big time.

至于学术界中专门研究贿赂犯罪罪种体系的著述和学术论文更是寥若晨星

There are few monographs about the system of the crime types of bribery.

全世界每年生产的影视艺术片数以千计,能够载入影视艺术史册的却寥若晨星,而能够成为经典的影视人物更是少之又少。

It is thought that, modern screenwriters should not only created figures based on history and human, but also accord with the artistic character of movie production as well as the social reality.