屈指可数

qū zhǐ kě shǔ

countable on your fingers

Character by character

屈qū
bend

指zhǐ
fingers

可kě
can

数shǔ
count

这样的机会屈指可数。

Chances like this are few and far between.

Tone: neutral.

数 is shǔ (to count): so few you can count them on your fingers, often of standouts, as in 屈指可数的专家.

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