這裏附近的電話亭少得可憐。

Telephone booths are as scarce as hen's teeth around here.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 這裏 zhèlǐ variant of 这里 zhèlǐ
2 附近 fùjìn
  1. nearby; neighboring
  2. (in the) vicinity (of); neighborhood
=3 的 de
  1. of; ~'s (possessive particle)
  2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun)
  3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
  4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 pígéde "one made of leather" or 跑堂儿的 pǎotángrde "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 xīnde "new one")
  5. also pr. dì or di in poetry and songs
=3 的 dī a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 dīshì)
=3 的 dí really and truly
=3 的 dì (bound form) bull's-eye; target
4 電話亭 diànhuàtíng telephone booth
=5 少 shǎo
  1. few
  2. less
  3. to lack
  4. to be missing
  5. to stop (doing sth)
  6. seldom
=5 少 shào young
=6 得 dé
  1. to obtain
  2. to get
  3. to gain
  4. to catch (a disease)
  5. proper
  6. suitable
  7. proud
  8. contented
  9. to allow
  10. to permit
  11. ready
  12. finished
=6 得 dè used in 得瑟 dèse
=6 得 de structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc
=6 得 děi
  1. to have to
  2. must
  3. ought to
  4. to need to
7 可憐 kělián
  1. pitiful
  2. pathetic
  3. to have pity on