失道寡助
shī dào guǎ zhù
Pinyin
Definition
失道寡助
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- an unjust cause finds little support (idiom, from Mencius)
- cf 得道多助[dé dào duō zhù] a just cause attracts much support
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
一人得道,鸡犬升天
- 1 lit. when a man achieves the Dao, his poultry and dogs rise to Heaven (idiom)
- 2 fig. to ride on sb else's success
- 3 Once one man gets a government position, all his cronies get in too
- 4 Once sb has cracked the problem, every Tom, Dick and Harry can do it
一失足成千古恨
- 1 a single slip may cause everlasting sorrow (idiom)
一语道破
- 1 one word says it all (idiom)
- 2 to hit the nail on the head
- 3 to be pithy and correct
不患寡而患不均
- 1 do not worry about scarcity, but rather about uneven distribution (idiom, from Analects)
不足为外人道
- 1 no use to tell others
- 2 let's keep this between ourselves (idiom)