"Rare" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 nán dé seldom / rare / hard to come by
 hǎn jiàn rare / rarely seen
 zhēn xī rare / precious and uncommon
 shǎo jiàn rare / seldom seen / (formal) it's a rare pleasure to see you
 shǎo yǒu rare / infrequent
 xī shǎo sparse / rare
 míng guì famous and valuable / rare / precious
 xī qí rare / strange
 bù kě duō dé hard to come by / rare
 xī han rare / uncommon / rarity / to value as a rarity / to cherish / Taiwan pr. [xi1 han3]
 xī qí rare / strange
 xī shì rare
 zhēn qí rare / strange
 qí jué strange / rare / bizarre
 xī rare / uncommon / watery / sparse
 hǎn rare
 wěi (reddish jade) / precious / rare
 yī excellent / precious / rare / fine / (used in given names)
 zhēn yì rare / precious and odd
 hǎn yǒu to rarely have / rare
 yī fēn shú rare (of steak)
 mì jí rare book / cheat code (video games)
 guài shòu rare animal / mythical animal / monster
 yuán bǎo a silver or gold ingot / mock ingot (burnt as offering in worship) / a name for ancient currency / a rare genius
 shū róng special glory / distinction / rare honor / one's laurels / it's a privilege (to meet you)
 yóu wù rarity / rare object / rare person / extraordinarily beautiful woman
 xī tǔ rare earth (chemistry)
 yì wù rarity / rare delicacy / foreign matter / alien body / the dead / ghost / monstrosity / alien life-form
 nán néng kě guì rare and precious / valuable / remarkable
 guī bǎo gem / (fig.) rare and valuable item / gem / treasure
 qiān zǎi nán féng extremely rare (idiom) / once in a blue moon
 wén suǒ wèi wén unheard of / an extremely rare and unprecedented event
 fèng máo lín jiǎo lit. as rare as phoenix feathers and unicorn horns (idiom) / fig. few and far between
 qí zhēn a rare treasure / sth priceless and unique
 yǎn fú a treat for the eyes / the rare chance of seeing sth beautiful
 yì xiāng rare perfume
 shàn běn old book / good book / reliable book / rare book
 gāo cái great talent / rare capability / person of outstanding ability
 zhēn xiū delicacy / dainties / rare foodstuff
 qí huò kě jū rare commodity worth hoarding / object for profiteering
 mì běn a treasured rare book
 liáo ruò chén xīng rare as morning stars (idiom) / few and far between / sparse
 xī tǔ yuán sù rare earth element (chemistry)
 tiě shù kāi huā lit. the iron tree blooms (idiom) / a highly improbable or extremely rare occurrence
 gū Manchurian wild rice (Zizania latifolia), now rare in the wild, formerly harvested for its grain, now mainly cultivated for its edible stem known as 茭白筍|茭白笋[jiao1 bai2 sun3], which is swollen by a smut fungus / (variant of 菇[gu1]) mushroom
 xiān fresh / rare
 xī yǒu qì tǐ rare gas / noble gas (chemistry)
 qí zhēn yì bǎo rare treasure (idiom)
 qí pā yì huì rare and exotic flora (idiom)
 Yuán jiāng jiǔ lèi rare talent / lit. legendary nine-ribbed turtle of Yuan river
 zhēn qín qí shòu rare animals and birds
 kōng gǔ zú yīn the sound of footsteps in a deserted valley (idiom) / sth hard to come by / sth wonderful and rare
 rén jì hǎn zhì lit. men's footprints are rare (idiom) / fig. off the beaten track / lonely / deserted
 qí huā yì huì exotic flowers and rare herbs (idiom)
 xiǎn few / rare
 yī excellent / precious / rare
 xī tǔ jīn shǔ rare earth element
 sān fēn shú medium rare (of steak)
 rén jì hǎn lit. men's footprints are rare / off the beaten track
 róng huá jué dài to be blessed with rare and radiant beauty (idiom)
 zhēn xiū variant of 珍饈|珍馐, delicacy / dainties / rare foodstuff
 mi used in rare Japanese place names such as 袮宜町 / Minorimachi and 袮宜田 / Minorita
 gāo cái great talent / rare capability / person of outstanding ability
 lóng gān fèng dǎn rare food / ambrosia (delicacy)
  rare taxon
  List of Rare, Threatened and Endemic Plants in Europe
 gè lì specific example / rare instance
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