the few are no match for the many; heavily outnumbered; facing impossible odds (idiom)
trad. 寡不敵眾
Also written 寡不敵眾【guǎ bù dí zhòng】
Characters in this word
4寡
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few, scant, widowed
- Pinyin
- guǎ
- Strokes
- 14
不
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no; not so, (bound form) not; un-
- Pinyin
- bù
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 9 of 2500
敌
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(bound form) enemy, (bound form) to be a match for; to rival, (bound form) to resist; to withstand
- Pinyin
- dí
- Traditional
- 敵
- Strokes
- 10
- Frequency
- 12235 of 2500
众
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abbr. for 眾議院|众议院[Zhong4 yi4 yuan4], House of Representatives
- Pinyin
- Zhòng
- Traditional
- 眾
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 20373 of 2500