八九不离十
bā​jiǔ​bù​lí​shí

pretty close

  • created sense approved 八九不离十/八九不離十 · bā​jiǔ​bù​lí​shí · pretty close — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    八九不离十 / 八九不離十

    bā​jiǔ​bù​lí​shí

    pretty close

    quite close; very near; about right; colloquial expression describing a guess or estimate that is almost exactly right

    八 (literal) → 八 · bā · eight 九 (literal) → 九 · jiǔ · nine 不离 (literal) → 不离/不離 · bù​lí · not far off 十 (literal) → 十 · shí · ten

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense