寡不敌众 — Chinese idiom
寡不敌众
guǎ bù dí zhòng
Traditional: 寡不敵眾
Meaning
- the few are no match for the many
- heavily outnumbered
- facing impossible odds
Character by character
- 寡guǎwidowed; friendless, alone
- 不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix
- 敌díenemy, foe, rival; to match; to resist
- 众zhòngmultitude, crowd; masses, public
Idioms sharing a character
- 刻薄寡恩 kè bó guǎ ēn
- 孤家寡人 gū jiā guǎ rén
- 寡二少双 guǎ èr shǎo shuāng
- 曲高和寡 qǔ gāo hè guǎ
- 木讷寡言 mù nè guǎ yán
- 沉默寡言 chén mò guǎ yán
- 清心寡欲 qīng xīn guǎ yù
- 众寡悬殊 zhòng guǎ xuán shū
- 落落寡交 luò luò guǎ jiāo
- 裒多益寡 póu duō yì guǎ
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