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十有八九

shíyǒubājiǔ
phrase #27,605

Meanings

  1. 1 most likely
  2. 2 in eight or nine cases out of ten
  3. 3 very probably
  4. 4 almost certainly

Examples

他十有八九是忘了这件事。
Tā shí yǒu bā jiǔ shì wàngle zhè jiàn shì.
He has most likely forgotten about this matter.
这个项目十有八九会成功。
Zhège xiàngmù shí yǒu bā jiǔ huì chénggōng.
This project will almost certainly succeed.

Tips

memory
十有八九 means '8 or 9 out of 10' — so if you had 10 chances, 8 or 9 would go the predicted way. That's 80–90% probability, i.e., 'most likely'.

Stroke Order

十 shí
有 yǒu
八 bā
九 jiǔ