凶多吉少

Traditional form:

凶多吉少

Pinyin (reading):

xiōngduōjíshǎo

Definitions:

• lit. everything bodes ill, no positive signs (idiom)
• fig. inauspicious; everything points to disaster

Characters:

• 凶 - culprit; murder; bad, sad
• 多 - much, many, multi-; more than, over
• 吉 - lucky, propitious, good
• 少 - few, little; less; inadequate

Traditional characters:

• 凶 - culprit; murder; bad, sad
• 多 - much, many, multi-; more than, over
• 吉 - lucky, propitious, good
• 少 - few, little; less; inadequate