难得 | nán dé | seldom / rare / hard to come by | ![]() ![]() |
罕见 | hǎn jiàn | rare / rarely seen | ![]() ![]() |
珍稀 | zhēn xī | rare / precious and uncommon | ![]() ![]() |
少见 | shǎo jiàn | rare / seldom seen / (formal) it's a rare pleasure to see you | ![]() ![]() |
少有 | shǎo yǒu | rare / infrequent | ![]() ![]() |
稀少 | xī shǎo | sparse / rare | ![]() ![]() |
名贵 | míng guì | famous and valuable / rare / precious | ![]() ![]() |
稀奇 | xī qí | rare / strange | ![]() ![]() |
不可多得 | bù kě duō dé | hard to come by / rare | ![]() ![]() |
稀罕 | xī han | rare / uncommon / rarity / to value as a rarity / to cherish / Taiwan pr. [xi1 han3] | ![]() ![]() |
希奇 | xī qí | rare / strange | ![]() ![]() |
稀世 | xī shì | rare | ![]() ![]() |
珍奇 | zhēn qí | rare / strange | ![]() ![]() |
奇绝 | qí jué | strange / rare / bizarre | ![]() ![]() |
稀 | ![]() | rare / uncommon / watery / sparse | ![]() ![]() |
罕 | ![]() | rare | ![]() ![]() |
玮 | ![]() | (reddish jade) / precious / rare | ![]() ![]() |
祎 | ![]() | excellent / precious / rare / fine / (used in given names) | ![]() |
珍异 | zhēn yì | rare / precious and odd | ![]() ![]() |
罕有 | hǎn yǒu | to rarely have / rare | ![]() |
一分熟 | yī fēn shú | rare (of steak) | ![]() |
秘籍 | mì jí | rare book / cheat code (video games) | ![]() ![]() |
怪兽 | guài shòu | rare animal / mythical animal / monster | ![]() |
元宝 | yuán bǎo | a silver or gold ingot / mock ingot (burnt as offering in worship) / a name for ancient currency / a rare genius | ![]() ![]() |
殊荣 | shū róng | special glory / distinction / rare honor / one's laurels / it's a privilege (to meet you) | ![]() ![]() |
尤物 | yóu wù | rarity / rare object / rare person / extraordinarily beautiful woman | ![]() ![]() |
稀土 | xī tǔ | rare earth (chemistry) | ![]() |
异物 | yì wù | rarity / rare delicacy / foreign matter / alien body / the dead / ghost / monstrosity / alien life-form | ![]() ![]() |
难能可贵 | nán néng kě guì | rare and precious / valuable / remarkable | ![]() ![]() |
瑰宝 | guī bǎo | gem / (fig.) rare and valuable item / gem / treasure | ![]() ![]() |
千载难逢 | qiān zǎi nán féng | extremely rare (idiom) / once in a blue moon | ![]() ![]() |
闻所未闻 | wén suǒ wèi wén | unheard of / an extremely rare and unprecedented event | ![]() ![]() |
凤毛麟角 | fèng máo lín jiǎo | lit. as rare as phoenix feathers and unicorn horns (idiom) / fig. few and far between | ![]() ![]() |
奇珍 | qí zhēn | a rare treasure / sth priceless and unique | ![]() |
眼福 | yǎn fú | a treat for the eyes / the rare chance of seeing sth beautiful | ![]() |
异香 | yì xiāng | rare perfume | ![]() ![]() |
善本 | shàn běn | old book / good book / reliable book / rare book | ![]() |
高才 | gāo cái | great talent / rare capability / person of outstanding ability | ![]() |
珍馐 | zhēn xiū | delicacy / dainties / rare foodstuff | ![]() ![]() |
奇货可居 | qí huò kě jū | rare commodity worth hoarding / object for profiteering | ![]() ![]() |
秘本 | mì běn | a treasured rare book | ![]() ![]() |
寥若晨星 | liáo ruò chén xīng | rare as morning stars (idiom) / few and far between / sparse | ![]() ![]() |
稀土元素 | xī tǔ yuán sù | rare earth element (chemistry) | ![]() |
铁树开花 | tiě shù kāi huā | lit. the iron tree blooms (idiom) / a highly improbable or extremely rare occurrence | ![]() ![]() |
菰 | ![]() | Manchurian wild rice (Zizania latifolia), now rare in the wild, formerly harvested for its grain, now mainly cultivated for its edible stem known as 茭白筍|茭白笋[jiao1 bai2 sun3], which is swollen by a smut fungus / (variant of 菇[gu1]) mushroom | ![]() ![]() |
鱻 | ![]() | fresh / rare | ![]() |
稀有气体 | xī yǒu qì tǐ | rare gas / noble gas (chemistry) | ![]() |
奇珍异宝 | qí zhēn yì bǎo | rare treasure (idiom) | ![]() ![]() |
奇葩异卉 | qí pā yì huì | rare and exotic flora (idiom) | ![]() |
沅江九肋 | Yuán jiāng jiǔ lèi | rare talent / lit. legendary nine-ribbed turtle of Yuan river | ![]() |
珍禽奇兽 | zhēn qín qí shòu | rare animals and birds | ![]() |
空谷足音 | kōng gǔ zú yīn | the sound of footsteps in a deserted valley (idiom) / sth hard to come by / sth wonderful and rare | ![]() |
人迹罕至 | rén jì hǎn zhì | lit. men's footprints are rare (idiom) / fig. off the beaten track / lonely / deserted | ![]() ![]() |
奇花异卉 | qí huā yì huì | exotic flowers and rare herbs (idiom) | ![]() ![]() |
尟 | ![]() | few / rare | ![]() |
禕 | ![]() | excellent / precious / rare | ![]() |
稀土金属 | xī tǔ jīn shǔ | rare earth element | ![]() |
三分熟 | sān fēn shú | medium rare (of steak) | ![]() |
人迹罕 | rén jì hǎn | lit. men's footprints are rare / off the beaten track | ![]() |
容华绝代 | róng huá jué dài | to be blessed with rare and radiant beauty (idiom) | ![]() |
珍羞 | zhēn xiū | variant of 珍饈|珍馐, delicacy / dainties / rare foodstuff | ![]() |
袮 | mi | used in rare Japanese place names such as 袮宜町 / Minorimachi and 袮宜田 / Minorita | ![]() |
高材 | gāo cái | great talent / rare capability / person of outstanding ability | ![]() |
龙肝凤胆 | lóng gān fèng dǎn | rare food / ambrosia (delicacy) | ![]() |
稀有物种稀有分类群 | rare taxon | ![]() | |
欧洲稀有受威胁和特产植物清单 | List of Rare, Threatened and Endemic Plants in Europe | ![]() | |
个例 | gè lì | specific example / rare instance | ![]() |