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得道多助，失道寡助

dé dào duō zhù , shī dào guǎ zhù

9-character word

What 得道多助，失道寡助 means

1. A just cause attracts much support, an unjust one finds little (idiom, from Mencius)

The characters in 得道多助，失道寡助

• 得destructural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to…
• 道dàoroad; path; (bound form) way; reason; principle; (bound form) a skill; an art…
• 多duōmany; much; more; a lot of; too many; in excess; (after a numeral) ... odd
• 助zhùto help; to assist
• 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

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