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one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.) |
small; tiny; few small; tiny; few; young |
bring together; little bit; shovel bring together; little bit; shovel; gather up; pick |
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Pronunciation
Noun
一小撮
- a handful
- 一小撮糖 ― yīxiǎocuō táng ― a pinch of sugar
- (figuratively, officialese) a handful (of bad elements)
- 一小撮反革命 ― yīxiǎocuō fǎngémìng ― a handful of counterrevolutionaries
現代中國人，除了一小撮反動分子以外，都是孫先生革命事業的繼承者。
现代中国人，除了一小撮反动分子以外，都是孙先生革命事业的继承者。 - From: 1956, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《紀念孫中山先生》 (In Commemoration of Dr. Sun Yat-sen), 《毛澤東選集·第五卷》 (Selected Works of Mao Zedong: Volume V) (1977). English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition
- Xiàndài Zhōngguórén, chúle yīxiǎocuō fǎndòng fènzǐ yǐwài, dōu shì Sūn xiānsheng gémìng shìyè de jìchéngzhě.
- Save for a handful of reactionaries, the people of contemporary China are all successors in the revolutionary cause to which Dr. Sun Yat-sen dedicated himself.
Synonyms
- (a handful): (Hokkien) 一簇仔