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寡不敌众

guǎ bù dí zhòng

4-character word Traditional 寡不敵眾

What 寡不敌众 means

1. the few are no match for the many
2. heavily outnumbered
3. facing impossible odds (idiom)

The characters in 寡不敌众

• 寡guǎfew; scant; widowed
• 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
• 敌dí(bound form) enemy; (bound form) to be a match for; to rival; (bound form) to resist…
• 众zhòng(bound form) crowd; multitude; (bound form) many; numerous

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