以少胜多 — Chinese idiom
以少胜多
yǐ shǎo shèng duō
Traditional: 以少勝多
Meaning
- using the few to defeat the many ; to win from a position of weakness
Character by character
- 以yǐaccording to; so as to; because of; then
- 少shǎofew, little; less; inadequate
- 胜shèngvictory; to excel, to truimph
- 多duōmuch, many, multi-; more than, over
Idioms sharing a character
- 一以贯之 yī yǐ guàn zhī
- 不以为然 bù yǐ wéi rán
- 不知所以 bù zhī suǒ yǐ
- 以一驭万 yǐ yī yù wàn
- 以假乱真 yǐ jiǎ luàn zhēn
- 以债养债 yǐ zhài yǎng zhài
- 以儆效尤 yǐ jǐng xiào yóu
- 以卵击石 yǐ luǎn jī shí
- 以史为鉴 yǐ shǐ wéi jiàn
- 以夷制夷 yǐ yí zhì yí
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