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凶多吉少
Mandarin · pinyin xiōng duō jí shǎo
Meanings
- (lit.) everything bodes ill, no positive signs (idiom)
- (fig.) inauspicious; everything points to disaster
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1–1–2–3 · xiong1 duo1 ji2 shao3
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
hung1 do1 gat1 siu2
Cantonese word readings for 凶多吉少. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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hung1 do1 gat1 siu2
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phrase
- (idiomatic) to be more ominous than propitious; fraught with grim possibilities
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