shí zhī bā jiǔdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
most likely / mostly (in 8 or 9 cases out of 10) / vast majority
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十之八九 十之八九 [shi2 zhi1 ba1 jiu3] /most likely/mostly (in 8 or 9 cases out of 10)/vast majority/

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十之八九
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