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少数

shǎo shù · shao shu

Traditional 少數

HSK 2

Meaning

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  1. small number
  2. few
  3. minority

In a sentence

2 examples
01

只(zhǐ)有(yǒu)少(shǎo)数(shù)的(de)人(rén)才(cái)懂(dǒng)了(le)我(wǒ)的(de)意(yì)思(si)。

Only a few people understood me.

Tatoeba: Chinese by shanghainese · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

为(wèi)了(le)少(shǎo)数(shù)人(rén)而(ér)改(gǎi)变(biàn)多(duō)数(shù)人(rén)习(xí)以(yǐ)为(wéi)常(cháng)的(de)事(shì)物(wù)是(shì)一(yì)种(zhǒng)愚(yú)蠢(chǔn)的(de)做(zuò)法(fǎ)。

It is ridiculous to change what the majority are accustomed to just for the sake of a small number of people.

Tatoeba: Chinese by jan_OkulaJu · English by jan_OkulaJu · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

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少
shǎo

few; less

数
shǔ

to count; to count as; to regard as

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