in twos and threes(liǎng liǎng sān sān)

in twos and threes

In Chinese, Pinyin is Li ǎ ngli ǎ ngs āā ns ā n, which means "three Liang as a group" and describes sparsely. It comes from Shuyi Ji written by Liang renfang in the Southern Dynasty.

Idiom usage

There are only a few examples. In the bleak autumn wind, there are two or three ghosts.

Analysis of Idioms

Synonyms: threes and threes Antonyms: dense

The origin of Idioms

In the volume of Shuyi Ji written by Liang renfang in the Southern Dynasty, "today's Ji porridge is known as Chiyou opera, and its people wear ox horns in twos and threes." In Yuan Dynasty, Yang Zai's poem suxunyi Gonghu Pavilion: "white birds fly in twos and threes, and go to luoyuji obliquely."

Idiom explanation

It refers to three or two groups. Describe sparsity.

Chinese PinYin : liǎng liǎng sān sān