expression, noun

  1. being outnumbered (e.g. in a military context).

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
 
多勢に無勢 たぜいにぶぜい

Contained Kanji Breakdown

many, frequent, much
おお.い タ まさ.に (2nd, N4)
evening
ゆう セキ ゆ (1st, N4)
forces, energy, military strength
セイ いきお.い せ (5th, N2)
art
ゲイ セイ う.える
clod of earth, land
リク ロク
mushroom
ロク きのこ
soil, earth, ground
ド つち は (1st, N5)
legs radical (no. 10)
ジン ニン がい (Kentei 1)
round, full (month), perfection
まる ガン ま (2nd, N2)
nine
キュウ ク ここの (1st, N5)
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)
power, strength, strong
リョク ちから リキ (1st, N4)
nothingness, none, ain't
ム ブ な.い (4th)
person(人) variant
40, forty
シュウ よんじゅう しじゅう
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
fire, fire radical (no. 86)
ヒョウ カ