「凶多吉少」
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Pronunciation: | hung1 do1 gat1 siu2 |
Individual Character Meaning: |
凶 inauspicious; bad; unfortunate; ominous; fierce; violent 多 many; toast; much; a lot of; lots of; plenty of; frequently; more often 吉 lucky; happy; auspicious 少 few; young; to lose; to be missing; to stop; to quit; less; little; rarely; not often |
Part of Speech: | verb |
Explanation: |
to bode ill rather than well; to be fraught with grim possibilities; to be believed to be dead; literally, unfortunate happenings supersede the fortunate ones
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