道高益安，势高益危

dào gāo yì ān , shì gāo yì wēi

Definisi

1. More moral strength increases one's safety, more power and influence increases one's danger (idiom, from Records of the Historian 史記|史记). cf Unlimited power is apt to corrupt the minds of those who possess it (William Pitt the Elder, 1770).

Kata penyusun 道高益安，势高益危

• 安 ān: (bound form) calm; peaceful
• 道 dào: road
• 高 gāo: high
• 势 shì: power
• 危 wēi: danger
• 益 yì: benefit