凶多吉少 xiōngduōjíshǎo to bode ill Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 凶 xiōng ominous ominous; inauspicious; unlucky; the opposite of 吉 jí多 duō adjectivenumeral many many; much; a lot; numerous吉 jí nounadjective lucky (bound form) lucky; auspicious; propitious; the opposite of 凶 xiōng少 shǎo adjectiveadverb few few; little; small in amount; less than