lit. in gambling, nine times out of ten you lose (idiom); fig. gambling is a mug's game
trad. 十賭九輸
Also written 十賭九輸【shí dǔ jiǔ shū】
Characters in this word
4十
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ten, 10
- Pinyin
- shí
- Strokes
- 2
- Frequency
- 4521 of 2500
赌
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to bet; to gamble
- Pinyin
- dǔ
- Traditional
- 賭
- Strokes
- 12
- Frequency
- 2165 of 2500
九
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nine, 9
- Pinyin
- jiǔ
- Strokes
- 2
- Frequency
- 4088 of 2500
输
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to lose; to be beaten, (bound form) to transport, (literary) to donate; to contribute, (coll.) to enter (a password)
- Pinyin
- shū
- Traditional
- 輸
- Strokes
- 13
- Frequency
- 1908 of 2500