道高一尺，魔高一丈

dào gāo yī chǐ , mó gāo yī zhàng

Định nghĩa

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

Từ cấu thành 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