doing good is like a hard climb, doing evil is like an easy fall (idiom)
trad. 從善如登，從惡如崩
Also written 從善如登，從惡如崩【cóng shàn rú dēng , cóng è rú bēng】
Characters in this word
6从
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variant of 從|从[cong2]
- Pinyin
- cóng
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 115 of 2500
善
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good (virtuous), benevolent, well-disposed, good at sth, to improve or perfect
- Pinyin
- shàn
- Strokes
- 12
- Frequency
- 10025 of 2500
如
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as, as if, such as
- Pinyin
- rú
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 1252 of 2500
登
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to scale (a height), to ascend, to mount, to publish or record, to enter (e.g. in a register), to press down with the foot, to step or tread on, to put on (shoes or trousers) (dialect), to be gathered and taken to the threshing ground (old)
- Pinyin
- dēng
- Strokes
- 12
- Frequency
- 5475 of 2500
恶
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used in 惡心|恶心[e3 xin1]
- Pinyin
- ě
- Traditional
- 惡
- Strokes
- 10
- Frequency
- 12185 of 2500
崩
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to collapse, to fall into ruins, death of king or emperor, demise
- Pinyin
- bēng
- Strokes
- 11
- Frequency
- 14781 of 2500