为数不多

為數不多
wéishùbùduō
phrase #21,455

Meanings

  1. 1 few in number
  2. 2 not many
  3. 3 a small number of

Examples

Zhè zhǒng gǔlǎo de gōngyì rújīn wéishù bù duō le.
Practitioners of this ancient craft are now few in number.
Tā shì wéishù bù duō néng shuō liúlì Zhōngwén de wàiguórén zhī yī.
He is one of the few foreigners who can speak fluent Chinese.

Tips

usage
为数不多 is commonly used in written Chinese to describe something rare or scarce. It usually precedes a noun or appears after the subject. Similar to 寥寥无几 but slightly less extreme.

Stroke Order

wèi
shù
duō