得道多助,失道寡助
dé dào duō zhù , shī dào guǎ zhù
Pinyin
Definition
得道多助,失道寡助
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- A just cause attracts much support, an unjust one finds little (idiom, from Mencius)
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 many
- 2 much
- 3 often
- 4 a lot of
- 5 numerous
- 6 more
- 7 in excess
- 8 how (to what extent)
- 9 multi-
- 10 Taiwan pr. [duó] when it means "how"
- 1 number
- 2 amount
- 3 somewhat
- 1 to suffer from insomnia
- 1 assistance
- 2 aid
- 3 to help
- 4 to assist
- 1 to obtain
- 2 to get
- 3 to gain
- 4 to catch (a disease)
- 5 proper
- 6 suitable
- 7 proud
- 8 contented
- 9 to allow
- 10 to permit
- 11 ready
- 12 finished
Idioms (20)
一不做,二不休
- 1 don't do it, or don't rest (idiom); either give up, or go through to the end
- 2 Since we started, we must carry it through whatever happens.
- 3 in for a penny, in for a pound
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
一个天南,一个地北
- 1 to live miles apart (idiom)
一传十,十传百
- 1 news pass quickly from mouth to mouth (idiom)
- 2 an infectious disease spreads quickly (old meaning)
一则以喜,一则以忧
- 1 happy on the one hand, but worried on the other (idiom)