"Likely" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 róng yì easy / likely / liable (to)
 dà bàn more than half / greater part / most / probably / most likely
 zhǐ pà I'm afraid that... / perhaps / maybe / very likely
 duō bàn most / mostly / most likely
 yì yú very likely / prone to
 bù jiàn de not necessarily / not likely
 bā chéng eighty percent / most probably / most likely
 yī xī vaguely / dimly / probably / very likely
 bù zhì not in such a way as to / not likely to
 huì can (i.e. have the skill, know how to) / likely to / sure to / to meet / to get together / meeting / gathering / union / group / association / a moment (Taiwan pr. for this sense is [hui3])
 shí yǒu bā jiǔ most likely / mostly (in 8 or 9 cases out of 10) / vast majority
 yǒu xì (coll.) promising / likely to turn out well
 bǎo bu zhù cannot maintain (sth) / unable to keep / more likely than not / may well
 shí zhī bā jiǔ most likely / mostly (in 8 or 9 cases out of 10) / vast majority
 bǎo bu qí more likely than not / quite possible / on the cards
 bǎo bù dìng more likely than not / quite possible / on the cards
 yǒu biān r to be likely or possible / to begin to take shape / to be likely to succeed
 héng shi probably / most likely
 pèng cí (coll.) to scam sb by setting up an "accident" in which one appears to have sustained damage or injury caused by the scam victim, then demanding compensation (variations include putting "expensive" porcelain in a place where it is likely to be knocked over by passers-by, and stepping into the path of a slow-moving car)
 yǒu gǎo tou (coll.) worthwhile / likely to be fruitful
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