凶多吉少

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Chinese

fierce; terrible; ominous
many; much; a lot of
many; much; a lot of; numerous; multi-
 
lucky; Jilin Province (abbrev.)
young; few; little
young; few; little; lack
 
trad. (凶多吉少/兇多吉少) /
simp. (凶多吉少)

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凶多吉少

  1. to be more ominous than propitious; fraught with grim possibilities