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寡
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Definitions
- 1. few
- 2. scant
- 3. widowed
Words Containing 寡
widow
oligopoly
dull and insipid
difficult songs find few singers (idiom)
(idiom) uninterested in self-indulgence
taciturn
aloof
having little knowledge
to stay at home while one's husband is away
the multitude against the few, a wide disparity (idiom from Mencius); heavily outnumbered
meager fare
(idiom) depressed; cheerless
peerless
harsh and merciless (idiom)
insipid and tasteless (idiom)
indecisive
heartless
habitually silent (idiom)
to take from the rich and give to the poor (idiom)
(esp. of an unjust cause) to receive little support
see 沉默寡言[chén mò guǎ yán]
lit. widowers, widows, orphans and the childless
ignorant and inexperienced
melancholy
do not worry about scarcity, but rather about uneven distribution (idiom, from Analects)
one who is cut off from others (idiom)
oligarch
number
orphans and widows
A just cause attracts much support, an unjust one finds little (idiom, from Mencius)
to live as a widow
aloof and as a result friendless (idiom)
multitude of enemies, few friends (idiom from Mencius)
a single man and a single woman
the few are no match for the many
(ornithology) red bishop (Euplectes orix)
honest and unaffected but not talkative (idiom)
I (first person pronoun used by royalty or nobility)
an unjust cause finds little support (idiom, from Mencius)
oligarchy
insipid
to live as widow
the many or the few
oligosaccharide