敌众我寡
dí zhòng wǒ guǎ
Pinyin

Definition

敌众我寡
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dí zhòng wǒ guǎ
  1. multitude of enemies, few friends (idiom from Mencius)
  2. heavily outnumbered
  3. beaten by the weight of numbers

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

我
wǒ
  1. 1 I
  2. 2 me
  3. 3 my
我们
wǒ men
  1. 1 we
  2. 2 us
  3. 3 ourselves
  4. 4 our
你死我活
nǐ sǐ wǒ huó
  1. 1 lit. you die, I live (idiom); irreconcilable adversaries
  2. 2 two parties cannot coexist
多寡
duō guǎ
  1. 1 number
  2. 2 amount
大我
dà wǒ
  1. 1 the collective
  2. 2 the whole
  3. 3 (Buddhism) the greater self
失道寡助
shī dào guǎ zhù
  1. 1 an unjust cause finds little support (idiom, from Mencius)
  2. 2 cf 得道多助[dé dào duō zhù] a just cause attracts much support
孤家寡人
gū jiā guǎ rén
  1. 1 one who is cut off from others (idiom)
  2. 2 one who has chosen to follow a solitary path
  3. 3 (can also be an indirect way of referring to an unmarried person)
孤寡
gū guǎ
  1. 1 orphans and widows
  2. 2 to be lonely
  3. 3 loneliness
孤男寡女
gū nán guǎ nu:3
  1. 1 a single man and a single woman
  2. 2 bachelors
  3. 3 a man and a woman together (typically in a secluded setting)
守寡
shǒu guǎ
  1. 1 to live as widow
  2. 2 to observe widowhood
守活寡
shǒu huó guǎ
  1. 1 to stay at home while one's husband is away
  2. 2 grass widow
寡
guǎ
  1. 1 few
  2. 2 scant
  3. 3 widowed
寡不敌众
guǎ bù dí zhòng
  1. 1 the few are no match for the many
  2. 2 heavily outnumbered
  3. 3 facing impossible odds (idiom)
寡人
guǎ rén
  1. 1 I (first person pronoun used by royalty or nobility)
寡助
guǎ zhù
  1. 1 finding little support
  2. 2 neglected
寡妇
guǎ fu
  1. 1 widow
寡居
guǎ jū
  1. 1 to live as a widow
寡情
guǎ qíng
  1. 1 heartless
  2. 2 unfeeling
寡淡
guǎ dàn
  1. 1 insipid
  2. 2 bland
  3. 3 indifferent
寡糖
guǎ táng
  1. 1 oligosaccharide

Idioms (20)

三人行，必有我师
sān rén xíng , bì yǒu wǒ shī
  1. 1 lit. if three walk together, one can be my teacher (idiom, from the Analects of Confucius)
  2. 2 you have sth to learn from everyone
不患寡而患不均
bù huàn guǎ ér huàn bù jūn
  1. 1 do not worry about scarcity, but rather about uneven distribution (idiom, from Analects)
人为刀俎，我为鱼肉
rén wéi dāo zǔ , wǒ wéi yú ròu
  1. 1 lit. to be the meat on sb's chopping block (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to be at sb's mercy
你死我活
nǐ sǐ wǒ huó
  1. 1 lit. you die, I live (idiom); irreconcilable adversaries
  2. 2 two parties cannot coexist
你争我夺
nǐ zhēng wǒ duó
  1. 1 lit. you fight, I snatch (idiom); to compete fiercely offering no quarter
  2. 2 fierce rivalry
  3. 3 tug-of-war
你走你的阳关道，我过我的独木桥
nǐ zǒu nǐ de Yáng guān Dào , wǒ guò wǒ de dú mù qiáo
  1. 1 lit. you hit the high road, I'll cross the log bridge (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. you go your way, I'll go mine
  3. 3 you do it your way, I'll do it mine
依然故我
yī rán gù wǒ
  1. 1 to be one's old self (idiom)
  2. 2 to be unchanged
  3. 3 (derog.) to be stuck in one's ways
刻薄寡恩
kè bó guǎ ēn
  1. 1 harsh and merciless (idiom)
包在我身上
bāo zài wǒ shēn shang
  1. 1 leave it to me (idiom)
  2. 2 I'll take care of it
卿卿我我
qīng qīng wǒ wǒ
  1. 1 to bill and coo (idiom)
  2. 2 to whisper sweet nothings to one another
  3. 3 to be very much in love
失道寡助
shī dào guǎ zhù
  1. 1 an unjust cause finds little support (idiom, from Mencius)
  2. 2 cf 得道多助[dé dào duō zhù] a just cause attracts much support
如是我闻
rú shì wǒ wén
  1. 1 so I have heard (idiom)
  2. 2 the beginning clause of Buddha's quotations as recorded by his disciple, Ananda (Buddhism)
孤家寡人
gū jiā guǎ rén
  1. 1 one who is cut off from others (idiom)
  2. 2 one who has chosen to follow a solitary path
  3. 3 (can also be an indirect way of referring to an unmarried person)
寡不敌众
guǎ bù dí zhòng
  1. 1 the few are no match for the many
  2. 2 heavily outnumbered
  3. 3 facing impossible odds (idiom)
寡二少双
guǎ èr shǎo shuāng
  1. 1 peerless
  2. 2 second to none (idiom)
得道多助，失道寡助
dé dào duō zhù , shī dào guǎ zhù
  1. 1 A just cause attracts much support, an unjust one finds little (idiom, from Mencius)
我行我素
wǒ xíng wǒ sù
  1. 1 to continue in one's own way (idiom)
我醉欲眠
wǒ zuì yù mián
  1. 1 lit. I'm drunk and would like to sleep (idiom)
  2. 2 (used to indicate one's sincere and straightforward nature)
敌众我寡
dí zhòng wǒ guǎ
  1. 1 multitude of enemies, few friends (idiom from Mencius)
  2. 2 heavily outnumbered
  3. 3 beaten by the weight of numbers
时不我待
shí bù wǒ dài
  1. 1 time and tide wait for no man (idiom)

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