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失道

shī dào

2-character word

What 失道 means

1. literaryto lose one's way; to get lost
2. literaryto stray from the proper course

The characters in 失道

• 失shīto lose; to miss; to fail
• 道dàoroad; path; (bound form) way; reason; principle; (bound form) a skill; an art…

Words starting with 失道

• 失道寡助shī dào guǎ zhùan unjust cause finds little support (idiom, from Mencius); cf 得道多助

Words containing 失道

• 得道多助，失道寡助dé dào duō zhù , shī dào guǎ zhùA just cause attracts much support, an unjust one finds little (idiom, from Mencius)

Sounds the same

Read shī dào, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 失盗to have sth stolen; to lose to theft; robbed