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We strive to offer you free Chinese learning resources. This series focuses on idioms and proverbs, which are rich in meaning and can be used in various situations. Today’s idiom is 「眾寡懸殊」, and its meaning and usage are explained below.

This time, we present the Chinese idiom 「眾寡懸殊」, with its definition and usage detailed below.

Used to describe the huge difference in manpower between the two sides.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

zhòng guǎ xuán shū

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

jung3 gwa2 yun4 syu4

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