十赌九输
Traditional form:
十賭九輸
Pinyin (reading):
shídǔjiǔshū
Definitions:
- lit. in gambling, nine times out of ten you lose (idiom)
- fig. gambling is a mug's game
Characters:
- 十 - ten, tenth; complete; perfect
- 赌 - to bet, to gamble, to wager
- 九 - nine
- 输 - to carry, to haul, to transport
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