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凶多吉少

xiōng duō jí shǎodictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
(lit.) everything bodes ill, no positive signs (idiom) / (fig.) inauspicious / everything points to disaster
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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-255c2ad62191821d. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

凶多吉少 凶多吉少 [xiong1 duo1 ji2 shao3] /(lit.) everything bodes ill, no positive signs (idiom)/(fig.) inauspicious; everything points to disaster/

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Character information

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  • 凶
    xiōng

    terrible / fearful / vicious / fierce / ominous / inauspicious / famine

  • 多
    duō

    many / much / more / a lot of / too many / in excess / (after a numeral) ... odd / how (to what extent) (Taiwan pr. [duó]) / (bound form) multi- / poly-

  • 吉
    jí

    lucky / giga- (meaning billion or 10^9)

    Jí

    short name for Jilin 吉林[Jí lín] / surname Ji

  • 少
    shǎo

    few / less / to lack / to be missing / to stop (doing sth) / seldom

    shào

    young

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.