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less meaning in Chinese

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less (to a smaller extent or degree)
adverb
[UK: les]
[US: ˈles]

不太 /bù tài/adverb

不那么 /bù nàme/adverb

更少 /gèng shǎo/adverb

less is more phrase

少即是多 /shǎojíshìduō/phrase

物以稀为贵 /wùyǐxīwéiguì/phrase

lessen [lessened, lessening, lessens] (to make less)
verb
[UK: ˈles.n̩]
[US: ˈles.n̩]

減少 /jiǎnshǎo/verb

Lesser Antilles (Caribbean islands)
proper noun
[UK: ˈle.sə(r) æn.ˈtɪ.liz]
[US: ˈle.sər æn.ˈtɪ.liz]

小安的列斯群岛proper noun

小安的列斯群島 /Xiǎo Āndílièsī Qúndǎo/proper noun

lesser black-backed gull (Larus fuscus)
noun

小黑背鸥 /xiǎo hēi bèi ōu/noun

lesser of two evils noun

两害相权取其轻 /liǎng hài xiāng quán qǔ qí qīng/noun

兩害相權取其輕noun

Lesser Poland (a historical region of Poland)
proper noun

小波蘭 /Xiǎo Bōlán/proper noun

lesser white-fronted goose (Anser erythropus)
noun

小白额雁 /xiǎo bái é yàn/noun

lesser wing (process of the sphenoid bone)
noun

小翼 /xiǎo yì/noun

lesser yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes)
noun

小黃腳鷸 /xiǎo huáng jiǎo yù/noun

lesson [lessons] (section of learning or teaching)
noun
[UK: ˈles.n̩]
[US: ˈles.n̩]

-課noun

-课 /-kè/noun

課業noun

课业 /kèyè/noun

lesson plan (teacher's document used to plan a lesson)
noun

教案 /jiào'àn/noun

lessor [lessors] (owner of property that is leased)
noun
[UK: ˈle.sɔː(r)]
[US: ˈle.sər]

出租人noun

-less (lacking)
[UK: les]
[US: ˈles]

无- /wú-/

無-

a blessing and a curse (both a blessing and a burden)
noun

塞翁失馬,焉知非福noun

既是好事,也是壞事noun

bless [blest, blest, blessing, blesses] (confer blessing on)
verb
[UK: bles]
[US: ˈbles]

佑 /yòu/verb

保佑 /bǎoyòu/verb

祝福 /zhùfú/verb

福 /fú/verb

bless you (said to somebody who has sneezed)
interjection

100 years)interjection

一百岁 /yībǎi suì/interjection

一百歲interjection

blessed (having divine aid, or protection, or other blessing)
adjective
[UK: blest]
[US: ˈblest]

幸福 /xìngfú/adjective

blessing [blessings] (divine or supernatural aid or reward)
noun
[UK: ˈbles.ɪŋ]
[US: ˈbles.ɪŋ]

祝福 /zhùfú/noun

blessing in disguise (A seeming misfortune that turns out to be for the best)
noun
[UK: ˈbles.ɪŋ ɪn dɪs.ˈɡaɪz]
[US: ˈbles.ɪŋ ɪn ˌdɪˈs.ɡaɪz]

因祸得福 /yīn huò dé fú/noun

因禍得福noun

borderless (lacking edges, limits, or boundaries)
adjective
[UK: ˈbɔː.də.lɪs]
[US: ˈbɔː.də.lɪs]

无色界 / wúsèjiè/adjective

無色界adjective

bottomless pit (A pit with no visible (infinite) bottom)
noun
[UK: ˈbɒ.təm.ləs pɪt]
[US: ˈbɑː.təm.ləs ˈpɪt]

無底洞 /wúdǐdòng/noun

boundless (without bounds, unbounded)
adjective
[UK: ˈbaʊnd.lɪs]
[US: ˈbaʊnd.ləs]

无边 /wúbiān/adjective

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