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- sparse; scattered
- rare; uncommon
- diluted; thin; watery
- (bound form) sth liquid or of thin consistency (as in 綠豆稀|绿豆稀[lu : 4 dou4 xi1] "sweet mung bean soup")
- (bound form) totally; extremely (used with negative attributes, as in 稀糟[xi1 zao1] "utterly ruined")
Trad. 稀爛
- thoroughly mashed; mushy
- smashed up; broken into pieces
- (fig.) abysmal; shockingly bad
- rare; uncommon
- rare thing; rarity
- to value as a rarity; to cherish
- Taiwan pr. [xi1han3]
- to try to smooth things over
- to paper over the issues
- to gloss things over
Trad. 稀哩嘩啦
- variant of 稀里嘩啦|稀里哗啦[xi1 li5 hua1 la1]
- (idiom) crazy; bizarre; weird; fantastic; strange
Trad. 稀里嘩啦
- (onom.) chaotic or dynamic noises (pattering, crashing, rustling, clattering, sobbing etc)
- smashed to pieces; completely routed
Trad. 稀鬆平常
- (idiom) nothing special; ordinary
Trad. 稀鬆骨質
- cancellous bone
- trabecular bone
- spongy bone
Trad. 人煙稀少
- no sign of human habitation (idiom); desolate
Trad. 物以稀為貴
- the rarer sth is, the greater its value (idiom)