寥寥 (liáo liáo) — very few, scanty, sparse

寥寥 is a bound adverbial form that only appears in set phrases (寥寥无几, 寥寥数语) to emphasize how few or sparse something is — not used alone.

bound form
very fewscantysparse

예문

  • Huì chǎng lǐ liáo liáo wú jǐ, zhǐ yǒu shí jǐ gè rén.
    There were very few people in the venue — only a dozen or so.
  • 寥寥
    Tā zhǐ yòng liáo liáo shù yǔ jiù jiě shì qīng chǔ le.
    He explained it clearly with just a few brief words.
  • 寥寥
    Shā mò zhōng liáo liáo jǐ kē kū shù, xiǎn de gé wài huāng liáng.
    A few withered trees in the desert looked especially desolate.

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