{"path":"/entry/28955","title":"失道寡助 (shī dào guǎ zhù) — Chinese Dictionary | Flashbao","description":"失道寡助 (shī dào guǎ zhù): an unjust cause finds little support (idiom, from Mencius). Explore meanings, example sentences and vocabulary decks.","catalog":null,"deck":null,"entry":{"reading":{"id":28955,"orthography":{"forms":{"SIMPLIFIED":["失道寡助"],"TRADITIONAL":["失道寡助"]}},"phonetic":"shī dào guǎ zhù","phoneticKey":"shi1 dao4 gua3 zhu4","meanings":{"primary":[{"qualifier":null,"synonyms":[{"segments":[{"dim":false,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"an unjust cause finds little support ","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]},{"dim":true,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"(idiom, from Mencius)","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]}]}]},{"qualifier":null,"synonyms":[{"segments":[{"dim":false,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"cf ","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null},{"kind":"REF","text":null,"orthography":{"forms":{"SIMPLIFIED":["得道多助"]}},"phonetic":"dé dào duō zhù","phoneticKey":"de2 dao4 duo1 zhu4","readingId":39653},{"kind":"TEXT","text":" a just cause attracts much support","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]}]}]}],"additional":[],"notes":[],"variantMeanings":[]},"classifiers":[],"pos":["NOUN"],"frequency":null,"grammar":[],"spokenPhonetic":null},"otherReadings":[],"examples":[],"carriedReadings":[],"constructions":[],"status":null,"due":null,"reps":null,"lapses":null,"lastReview":null,"senses":[{"label":null,"relations":[{"kind":"ANTONYM","readingId":39653,"orthography":{"forms":{"SIMPLIFIED":["得道多助"],"TRADITIONAL":["得道多助"]}},"phonetic":"dé dào duō zhù","gloss":{"simplified":"a just cause enjoys abundant support (idiom)","traditional":null}}],"primary":true}],"origins":[{"literal":null,"content":[{"type":"paragraph","text":{"simplified":"From Mencius (《孟子·公孫丑下》)","traditional":null}}],"examples":[{"text":{"simplified":"得道者多助，失道者寡助。寡助之至，亲戚畔之；多助之至，天下顺之。","traditional":"得道者多助，失道者寡助。寡助之至，親戚畔之；多助之至，天下順之。"},"phonetic":"Dédào zhě duōzhù, shīdào zhě guǎzhù. Guǎzhù zhī zhì, qīnqī pàn zhī; duōzhù zhī zhì, tiānxià shùn zhī.","english":"He who finds the proper course has many to assist him. He who loses the proper course has few to assist him. When this - the being assisted by few - reaches its extreme point, his own relations revolt from the prince. When the being assisted by many reaches its highest point, the whole kingdom becomes obedient to the prince.","ref":"Mencius, c. 4ᵗʰ century BCE, translated based on James Legge's version"}],"senseScoped":false}],"decks":[{"id":27,"sourceName":"Chengyu","name":"Chengyu"}],"vocabularyScale":null,"vocabularyLevel":null}}