众寡悬殊
众寡悬殊
zhòng guǎ xuán shū
the multitude against the few, a wide disparity (idiom from Mencius); heavily outnumbered; unequally matched; overwhelmed by weight of numbers
Traditional: 眾寡懸殊
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- the multitude against the few, a wide disparity (idiom from Mencius); heavily outnumbered
- unequally matched
- overwhelmed by weight of numbers
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Related Words
敌众我寡(dí zhòng wǒ guǎ)— multitude of enemies, few friends (idiom from Mencius)
→一夫当关，万夫莫开(yī fū dāng guān , wàn fū mò kāi)— one man can hold the pass against ten thousand enemies (idiom)
→守望相助(shǒu wàng xiāng zhù)— to keep watch and defend one another (idiom, from Mencius); to join forces to defend against external aggressors
→一暴十寒(yī pù shí hán)— one day's sun, ten days' frost (idiom, from Mencius); fig. to work for a bit then skimp
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