A just cause attracts much support, an unjust one finds little (idiom, from Mencius)
敌众我寡敵眾我寡di2 zhong4 wo3 gua3
multitude of enemies, few friends (idiom from Mencius); heavily outnumbered; beaten by the weight of numbers
多寡多寡duo1 gua3
number; amount
孤寡孤寡gu1 gua3
orphans and widows; to be lonely; loneliness
孤家寡人孤家寡人gu1 jia1 gua3 ren2
one who is cut off from others (idiom); one who has chosen to follow a solitary path; (can also be an indirect way of referring to an unmarried person)
孤陋寡闻孤陋寡聞gu1 lou4 gua3 wen2
ignorant and inexperienced; ill-informed and narrow-minded
孤男寡女孤男寡女gu1 nan2 gua3 nv3
a single man and a single woman; bachelors; a man and a woman together (typically in a secluded setting)
寡不敌众寡不敵眾gua3 bu4 di2 zhong4
the few are no match for the many; heavily outnumbered; facing impossible odds (idiom)
寡淡寡淡gua3 dan4
insipid; bland; indifferent
寡二少双寡二少雙gua3 er4 shao3 shuang1
peerless; second to none (idiom)
寡妇寡婦gua3 fu5
widow
寡居寡居gua3 ju1
to live as a widow
寡陋寡陋gua3 lou4
having little knowledge; not well-read
寡情寡情gua3 qing2
heartless; unfeeling
寡人寡人gua3 ren2
I (first person pronoun used by royalty or nobility)
寡糖寡糖gua3 tang2
oligosaccharide
寡头寡頭gua3 tou2
oligarch
寡头垄断寡頭壟斷gua3 tou2 long3 duan4
oligopoly
寡头政治寡頭政治gua3 tou2 zheng4 zhi4
oligarchy
寡言寡言gua3 yan2
taciturn; reticent
寡助寡助gua3 zhu4
finding little support; neglected
鳏寡孤独鰥寡孤獨guan1 gua3 gu1 du2
lit. widowers, widows, orphans and the childless; fig. people with no one left to rely on
红寡妇鸟紅寡婦鳥hong2 gua3 fu5 niao3
Red Bishop; Euplectes orix
刻薄寡恩刻薄寡恩ke4 bo2 gua3 en1
harsh and merciless (idiom)
落落寡合落落寡合luo4 luo4 gua3 he2
aloof; standoffish; unsociable
落落寡欢落落寡歡luo4 luo4 gua3 huan1
melancholy; unhappy
落落寡交落落寡交luo4 luo4 gua3 jiao1
aloof and as a result friendless (idiom)
木讷寡言木訥寡言mu4 ne4 gua3 yan2
honest and unaffected but not talkative (idiom)
裒多益寡裒多益寡pou2 duo1 yi4 gua3
to take from the rich and give to the poor (idiom)
清汤寡水清湯寡水qing1 tang1 gua3 shui3
meager fare; (fig.) insipid; colorless
曲高和寡曲高和寡qu3 gao1 he4 gua3
difficult songs find few singers (idiom); highbrow
失道寡助失道寡助shi1 dao4 gua3 zhu4
an unjust cause finds little support (idiom, from Mencius); cf 得道多助 a just cause attracts much support
守寡守寡shou3 gua3
to live as widow; to observe widowhood
守活寡守活寡shou3 huo2 gua3
to stay at home while one's husband is away; grass widow
索然寡味索然寡味suo3 ran2 gua3 wei4
dull and insipid
优柔寡断優柔寡斷you1 rou2 gua3 duan4
indecisive; irresolute
郁郁寡欢鬱鬱寡歡yu4 yu4 gua3 huan1
depressed; cheerless
众寡衆寡zhong4 gua3
the many or the few
众寡悬殊眾寡懸殊zhong4 gua3 xuan2 shu1
the multitude against the few, a wide disparity (idiom from Mencius); heavily outnumbered; unequally matched; overwhelmed by weight of numbers