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失道寡助

shī dào guǎ zhù

4-character word

What 失道寡助 means

1. an unjust cause finds little support (idiom, from Mencius)
2. cf {得道多助|dé dào duō zhù} a just cause attracts much support

The characters in 失道寡助

• 失shīto lose; to miss; to fail
• 道dàoroad; path; (bound form) way; reason; principle; (bound form) a skill; an art…
• 寡guǎfew; scant; widowed
• 助zhùto help; to assist

Words containing 失道寡助

• 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)