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We’re happy to bring you free Chinese lessons. This series dives into idioms and proverbs, meaningful and practical. Today’s phrase is 「人單勢孤」, with its usage explained below.

For this session, we will be discussing the idiom 「人單勢孤」. See below for its meaning and practical usage.

It means that the number of people is small and the strength is weak.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

rén dān shì gū

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

yan4 daan1 sai3 gu1

The treasure trove of Chinese idioms is extensive, with different expressions suited for various situations. We hope these free resources will aid you in your journey to mastering Chinese.