Definition
两三(liǎng sān)是一个约数表达,意思是“两三个”或“几个”,直接放在量词前表示一个大概的数量。例如“两三天”意思是“大约两天或三天”,“两三个人”意思是“大约两个人或三个人”。中间不加“个”之类的数词,直接构成“两三 + 量词”结构。
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(approximate number) a couple oftwo or threea few
Examples
- 两三。Tā qù le liǎng sān tiān jiù huílai le.He went for a couple of days and then came back.
- 两三。Shūjià shàng hái yǒu liǎng sān běn shū méi kàn wán.There are still a couple of books on the bookshelf that I haven't finished.
- 两三。Jiàoshì lǐ zhǐ yǒu liǎng sān ge rén zài shàng zìxí.There are only a few people in the classroom studying on their own.
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