敌众我寡
敌众我寡
dí zhòng wǒ guǎ
multitude of enemies, few friends (idiom from Mencius); heavily outnumbered; beaten by the weight of numbers
Traditional: 敵眾我寡
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- multitude of enemies, few friends (idiom from Mencius)
- heavily outnumbered
- beaten by the weight of numbers
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Related Words
众寡悬殊(zhòng guǎ xuán shū)· the multitude against the few, a wide disparity (idiom from Mencius); heavily outnumbered
→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)
→一日之雅(yī rì zhī yǎ)· lit. friends for a day (idiom)
→一败涂地(yī bài tú dì)· failed and wiped over the floor (idiom); to fail utterly
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