little
One and a half, Chinese idioms, Pinyin is y à g è B à ng è, which means very few. It's from water melody.
The origin of Idioms
In Song Dynasty Chen Liang's shuidiao Getou, "the capital of Yao, the land of Shun, and the seal of Yu, there should be one and a half disgraceful ministers, Rong."
Yuan Hongdao's miscellaneous notes on the West Lake in the Ming Dynasty: "I have never seen one or half of my wisdom, but can I talk about Buddhism easily?"
Idiom usage
As an object or attribute; used in spoken English
Examples
How ever did you give me the money you used to give to clients? The 54th chapter of scholars by Wu Jingzi in Qing Dynasty
little
a grieving maid and a desolate man -- a woman without a husband and a man without a wife - yuàn nǚ kuàng fū
Three cobblers are better than Zhuge Liang - sān gè chòu pí jiàng,sài guò zhū gě liàng