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聚少离多

jù shǎo lí duōdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
(of a husband and wife etc) to spend more time apart than together / to see each other very little
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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-d410a54cde225568. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

聚少離多 聚少离多 [ju4 shao3 li2 duo1] /(of a husband and wife etc) to spend more time apart than together; to see each other very little/

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Other forms in these source records: 聚少離多

  • 聚
    jù

    to assemble / to gather (transitive or intransitive) / (chemistry) poly-

  • 少
    shǎo

    few / less / to lack / to be missing / to stop (doing sth) / seldom

    shào

    young

  • 离
    chī

    mythical beast (archaic)

    lí

    to leave / to part from / to be away from / (in giving distances) from / without (sth) / independent of / one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[bā guà], symbolizing fire / ☲

    Lí

    surname Li

  • 多
    duō

    many / much / more / a lot of / too many / in excess / (after a numeral) ... odd / how (to what extent) (Taiwan pr. [duó]) / (bound form) multi- / poly-

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