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Meaning of 十之八九

Lookup via: Pinyin | Radicals
十 shí 之 zhī 八 bā 九 jiǔ HSK 4
most likely; mostly (in 8 or 9 cases out of 10); vast majority
Example Sentences
1
我本来可以站起来
,
但是
,
即使我站起身来瞧瞧它
,
十之八九我也说不出它到底是什么
;
因为一旦一件事发生以后
,
就没有人能知道它是怎么发生的了
。
I might get up, but if I got up and looked at it, ten to one I shouldn't be able to say for certain; because once a thing's done, no one ever knows how it happened.