寡不敵眾 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
敵 dí enemy, foe, rival; resist
眾 zhòng masses, people, multitude, crowd