蹿稀

拉稀 lāxī #35,909

to have diarrhea (colloquial) / (fig.) to chicken out / cower

地广人稀 dìguǎngrénxī

vast territory with sparse population / a large area with few inhabitants

年逾古稀 niányúgǔxī

to be over seventy years old / to have passed the 'rare old age' of seventy

物以稀为贵 wùyǐxīwéiguì

things become precious when they are rare / rarity makes value / scarcity drives up worth

门前冷落鞍马稀 ménqiánlěngluòānmǎxī

before the gate, it is desolate; saddled horses are few / few callers come to the door anymore / (lit.) front of the gate is cold and fallen, saddles and horses sparse

门前冷落车马稀 ménqiánlěngluòchēmǎxī

the gate is deserted, carriages and horses grow sparse / visitors fall away once fortunes fade / loss of prestige or popularity

七十古来稀 qīshígǔláixī

to reach seventy has always been rare / (fig., idiomatic) seventy is old age; the source of 古稀 as a term for seventy years old / (lit.) seventy — since-olden-times — rare

人生七十古来稀 rénshēngqīshígǔláixī

reaching seventy has always been rare / it's rare since ancient times to live to seventy

年近古稀 niánjìngǔxī

approaching seventy years of age / nearing old age

稀糊烂 xīhúlàn

reduced to pulp / smashed to bits; utterly ruined / in a miserable, falling-apart state