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Meaning of 凶多吉少

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凶 xiōng 多 duō 吉 jí 少 shǎo
everything bodes ill, no positive signs (idiom); inauspicious; everything points to disaster
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Antonyms: 吉星高照
Example Sentences
1
她此时按捺不住自己
,
料想一定是凶多吉少
。
She could now no longer contain herself, and was convinced that some disaster was impending.
2
看来副队长是凶多吉少
,
想起这个
,
我的心情越发沉重
。
See to a pair the captain is to be fraught with grim possibilities, think of this, my mood is more and more heavy.
3
在我面前展现出一条新的十年的凶多吉少
、
咄咄逼人的道路
。
Before me stretched the portentous , menacing road of a new decade.
4
鲍勃打坏了他妻子最珍贵的一个盘子
,
现在他可真是凶多吉少了
。
Bob broke one of his wife's most precious dishes and is really behind the eight ball.
5
在新墨西哥州时就经常这样了
,
慢性腹泻打断了我的旅程
,
我不得不进了医院
。
我穿越美国的旅程看来凶多吉少
。
They did that a lot in New Mexico, where chronic diarrhoea interrupted my run with an enforced trip to the hospital - my whole run across the United States seemed to be hanging in the balance.