不少

bù shǎo

many

a lot; not few

不

bù

no; not so

少

shǎo

few

not (不) + few (少) = quite a lot

A double negative that flips scarcity into abundance. If something is not few, there must be plenty of it.

他有不少朋友。

tā yǒu bù shǎo péng yǒu。

He has quite a few friends.

这道题难倒了不少学生。

zhè dào tí nán dǎo le bù shǎo xué shēng。

This problem stumped a lot of students.