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凶多吉少 (hung1 do1 gat1 siu2) — ominous; inauspicious; likely to have the worst luck; everything points to disaster | also 兇多吉少 in Cantonese

hungˉ¹凶doˉ¹多gatˉ¹吉siuˊ²少
Mandarin Pinyin: xiong1 duo1 ji2 shao3

Meaning of 凶多吉少

nounominous; inauspicious; likely to have the worst luck; everything points to disaster | also 兇多吉少

Characters in 凶多吉少

凶hung1
very; excessive; excess
多do1
much better; much more; far more
吉gat1
(粵) vacant; unoccupied; empty
少siu2
be missing; lose

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