multitude of enemies, few friends (idiom from Mencius); heavily outnumbered; beaten by the weight of numbers
trad. 敵眾我寡
Also written 敵眾我寡【dí zhòng wǒ guǎ】
Characters in this word
4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
我
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I; me; my
- Pinyin
- wǒ
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 2 of 2500
寡
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few, scant, widowed
- Pinyin
- guǎ
- Strokes
- 14