寥寥可数 [
liáo liáo kě shǔ]
very few
just a sprinkling of
- 男子:在加拿大,反美主义寥寥可数。
MAN: There's very thin line of anti-Americanism in Canada. - 世界上,足以媲美香港,能够这样迅速有效地完成重大工程计划的城市,寥寥可数。
Few cities in the world can top our record in delivering major works project so quickly and so well. - 但在辛集,这个中国北方的皮革加工中心和烟花制造基地,节后的工作机会寥寥可数。
But in Xinji, a fur- and leather-processing city in northern China and a big producer of holiday fireworks, there will be little to go back to.