从善如登,从恶如崩
Traditional form:
從善如登,從惡如崩
Pinyin (reading):
cóngshànrúdēng,cóng'èrúbēng
Definitions:
- doing good is like a hard climb, doing evil is like an easy fall (idiom)
Characters:
- 从 - from, by, since, whence, through
- 善 - good, virtuous, charitable, kind
- 如 - as, as if, like, such as, supposing
- 登 - to rise, to mount, to board, to climb
- 从 - from, by, since, whence, through
- 恶 - bad, evil, wicked; to hate, to loathe; foul, nauseating
- 如 - as, as if, like, such as, supposing
- 崩 - to rupture, to split apart; to collapse; death, demise
Traditional characters:
- 從 - from, by, since, whence, through
- 善 - good, virtuous, charitable, kind
- 如 - as, as if, like, such as, supposing
- 登 - to rise, to mount, to board, to climb
- 從 - from, by, since, whence, through
- 惡 - bad, evil, wicked; to hate, to loathe; foul, nauseating
- 如 - as, as if, like, such as, supposing
- 崩 - to rupture, to split apart; to collapse; death, demise