得道多助，失道寡助
Definitions
- 1. A just cause attracts much support, an unjust one finds little (idiom, from Mencius)
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Child Words of 得道多助，失道寡助
many; much
to obtain
structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc
to have to
road
to help
receiving much help (from outside)
to lose
(literary) to lose one's way; to get lost
an unjust cause finds little support (idiom, from Mencius)
few
(esp. of an unjust cause) to receive little support
to achieve the Dao