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What is the difference between 小 and 少 ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
What is the difference between 小 and 少 ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
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小 means small (in size)
少 means few or little (in amount)
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小 means the small in size and in things, you could say small amount, small things, small dolls...
But 少literally means "small amount" so it only has one difine meaning
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