十赌九输 — Chinese idiom
十赌九输
shí dǔ jiǔ shū
Traditional: 十賭九輸
Meaning
- lit. in gambling, nine times out of ten you lose
- fig. gambling is a mug's game
Character by character
- 十shíten, tenth; complete; perfect
- 赌dǔto bet, to gamble, to wager
- 九jiǔnine
- 输shūto carry, to haul, to transport
Idioms sharing a character
- 一五一十 yī wǔ yī shí
- 一目十行 yī mù shí háng
- 五光十色 wǔ guāng shí sè
- 十全十美 shí quán shí měi
- 十恶不赦 shí è bù shè
- 十拿九稳 shí ná jiǔ wěn
- 闻一知十 wén yī zhī shí
- 吃喝嫖赌 chī hē piáo dǔ
- 一言九鼎 yī yán jiǔ dǐng
- 三旬九食 sān xún jiǔ shí
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