No. 788 in Vietnamese
hiếm
Rare.
In a sentence
Cuốn sách này rất hiếm và khó tìm.
This book is very rare and hard to find.
The word 'hiếm' is used here to mean 'rare', describing something uncommon or scarcely available.
Ở vùng này, mưa lớn là hiện tượng hiếm.
In this region, heavy rain is a rare phenomenon.
Here, 'hiếm' conveys 'rare' in the sense of an infrequent occurrence.
Anh ấy là một người rất hiếm có lòng nhân ái sâu sắc như vậy.
He is a very rare person with such deep compassion.
In this metaphorical usage, 'hiếm' describes a unique and admirable quality in a person.
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