屈指可数

Traditional: 屈指可數

qū zhǐ kě shǔ

Dictionary entry

(lit.) can be counted on one's fingers (idiom)

What does 屈指可数 mean?

屈指可数 (qū zhǐ kě shǔ) has the following dictionary meaning.

1(lit.) can be counted on one's fingers (idiom)

2(fig.) very few

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屈Qūsurname Qu 指zhǐfinger · to point at or to 可kě(prefix) can; may; able to; -able · to approve; to permit 数shǔto count · to count as; to regard as

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屈指可数

qū zhǐ kě shǔ

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