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失道寡助

shī dào guǎ zhù

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Definitions

  1. 1. an unjust cause finds little support (idiom, from Mencius)
  2. 2. cf 得道多助[dé dào duō zhù] a just cause attracts much support

Words Containing 失道寡助

得道多助，失道寡助
dé dào duō zhù , shī dào guǎ zhù

A just cause attracts much support, an unjust one finds little (idiom, from Mencius)

Child Words of 失道寡助

助
zhù

to help

寡
guǎ

few

失
shī

to lose

道
dào

road

寡助
guǎ zhù

(esp. of an unjust cause) to receive little support

失道
shī dào

(literary) to lose one's way; to get lost