道高一尺，魔高一丈

dào gāo yī chǐ , mó gāo yī zhàng

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Definições

  1. 1. (idiom) as one climbs higher on the path of righteousness, one faces ever greater challenges from evil; no sooner does one overcome one obstacle than another arises

Palavras componentes de 道高一尺，魔高一丈

一
yī

one

尺
chě

one of the characters used to represent a musical note in gongche notation, 工尺譜|工尺谱[gōng chě pǔ]

尺
chǐ

a Chinese foot

道
dào

road

高
gāo

high

丈
zhàng

measure of length, ten Chinese feet (3.3 m)

魔
mó

(bound form) evil spirit; devil