少见

(少見)shǎo jiàn
HSK 3.0 · HSK 7–9

v. (formal greeting) I haven't seen you for a long time!; adj. rare

Example Sentences

在炎热干燥的沙漠地带，这种常年保持翠绿的植物十分少见。

zài yán rè gān zào de shā mò dì dài, zhè zhǒng cháng nián bǎo chí cuì lǜ de zhí wù shí fēn shǎo jiàn.

In hot and dry desert areas, this kind of plant that remains green all year round is very rare.

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Related Words & Compounds

少见多怪shǎo jiàn duō guài

(lit.) a person who has seen little of the world will be astonished by certain things (idiom) / (fig.) to be taken aback by sth because of one's lack of sophistication; naive; unworldly

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