不患寡而患不均
bù huàn guǎ ér huàn bù jūn
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1 do not worry about scarcity, but rather about uneven distribution (idiom, from Analects)
刻薄寡恩
kè bó guǎ ēn
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1 harsh and merciless (idiom)
失道寡助
shī dào guǎ zhù
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1 an unjust cause finds little support (idiom, from Mencius)
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2 cf 得道多助[dé dào duō zhù] a just cause attracts much support
孤家寡人
gū jiā guǎ rén
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1 one who is cut off from others (idiom)
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2 one who has chosen to follow a solitary path
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3 (can also be an indirect way of referring to an unmarried person)
寡不敌众
guǎ bù dí zhòng
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1 the few are no match for the many
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2 heavily outnumbered
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3 facing impossible odds (idiom)
寡二少双
guǎ èr shǎo shuāng
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1 peerless
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2 second to none (idiom)
得道多助,失道寡助
dé dào duō zhù , shī dào guǎ zhù
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1 A just cause attracts much support, an unjust one finds little (idiom, from Mencius)
敌众我寡
dí zhòng wǒ guǎ
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1 multitude of enemies, few friends (idiom from Mencius)
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2 heavily outnumbered
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3 beaten by the weight of numbers
曲高和寡
qǔ gāo hè guǎ
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1 difficult songs find few singers (idiom)
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2 highbrow
木讷寡言
mù nè guǎ yán
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1 honest and unaffected but not talkative (idiom)
沉默寡言
chén mò guǎ yán
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1 habitually silent (idiom)
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2 reticent
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3 uncommunicative
淡泊寡味
dàn bó guǎ wèi
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1 insipid and tasteless (idiom)
甲之蜜糖,乙之砒霜
jiǎ zhī mì táng , yǐ zhī pī shuāng
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1 one man's meat is another man's poison (idiom)
众寡悬殊
zhòng guǎ xuán shū
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1 the multitude against the few, a wide disparity (idiom from Mencius); heavily outnumbered
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2 unequally matched
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3 overwhelmed by weight of numbers
落落寡交
luò luò guǎ jiāo
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1 aloof and as a result friendless (idiom)
裒多益寡
póu duō yì guǎ
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1 to take from the rich and give to the poor (idiom)