寥寥无几

liáo liáo wú jǐ

very few

Character by character

寥liáo
sparse

无wú
not

几jǐ
several

能坚持到最后的人寥寥无几。

Very few people manage to stick it out to the end.

Tone: neutral.

Opposite of 不计其数; usually a predicate at the end.

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