very few; scanty; sparse; a small number of something

(idiom) very few; tiny in number; just a handful

(literary) quiet and still; cold and clear

sparse; scattered; few and far between

(idiom) so few that they can be counted; extremely scarce or rare

as rare as the morning stars; sparse or very few in number

(literary) vast and boundless; describing an empty, high, and far-reaching space like the sky

completely still and silent; lacking any sound

(literary) the vast sky; the emptiness of the heavens

Daoist concept representing the ultimate realm of nothingness and the oneness of the universe

as sparse as the morning stars; very few and scattered

(variant form) to rely on; someone or something to depend on