寡不敌众 guǎ bù dí zhòng

DEFINITIONS

  1. the few are no match for the many
  2. heavily outnumbered
  3. facing impossible odds (idiom)

CHARACTERS

寡 guǎ widowed; alone, friendless
不 bù
HSK 1
no, not; un-; negative prefix
敌 dí
HSK 5
enemy, foe, rival; resist
众 zhòng
HSK 4
multitude, crowd; masses, public