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A phono-semantic compound, 稚 combines the grain radical 禾 on the left, which anchors its meaning to agriculture or cereal plants, with 肖 on the right to indicate pronunciation. Its original sense referred to the very tip or end of a grain stalk, a minute part of the plant. This concrete image of a small, terminal portion later abstracted into an adverbial meaning, leading to the modern sense of "slightly" or "a little", indicating a small degree or brief duration.
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稍等一会儿。
火车稍后就到。
我需要稍微休息。
请稍往左边移动。
味道稍咸了一点。
他心情稍许平静了。
如果你稍作努力，就会成功。
天气稍一转凉，树叶的颜色就稍有变化。