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失道寡助

失道寡助

Chinese

few; widowed to help; to assist
simp. and trad.
(失道寡助) 		失道 寡 助

Idiom

失道寡助

  1. an unjust cause attracts little support

Antonyms

Etymology

From "Gongsun Chou II", in Mencius (《孟子·公孫丑下》):

得道者多助，失道者寡助。 [MSC, trad. and simp.]
Dédào zhě duō zhù, shīdào zhě guǎ zhù. [Pinyin]
He who finds the proper course has many to assist him. He who loses the proper course has few to assist him.

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