失道寡助
Traditional form:
失道寡助
Pinyin (reading):
shīdàoguǎzhù
Definitions:
- an unjust cause finds little support (idiom, from Mencius)
- cf 得道多助 (dédàoduōzhù) a just cause attracts much support
Characters:
- 失 - to lose; to make a mistake, to neglect
- 道 - method, way; path, road
- 寡 - widowed; friendless, alone
- 助 - to help, to aid, to assist
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