count on one's fingers
Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma
Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesverb
to count on one's fingers; to enumerate by bending fingers
Typically used to indicate that a number is small enough to be counted on one's fingers, or to emphasize the act of calculating time or quantity manually.
Shì世
jiè界
shàng上
néng能
dá达
dào到
zhè这
ge个
shuǐ水
píng平
de的
rén人
qū屈
zhǐ指
kě可
shǔ数
。
The number of people in the world who can reach this level can be counted on one's fingers.
Qū屈
zhǐ指
yī一
suàn算
，
wǒ我
lái来
Běi北
jīng京
yǐ已
jīng经
sān三
nián年
le了
。
Counting on my fingers, I have been in Beijing for three years already.
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Zhè这
lǐ里
de的
míng名
shèng胜
gǔ古
jì迹
qū屈
zhǐ指
kě可
shǔ数
。
The scenic spots and historical sites here are few and far between.