an unjust cause finds little support (idiom, from Mencius); cf 得道多助[de2 dao4 duo1 zhu4] a just cause attracts much support
Characters in this word
4失
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0
to lose, to miss, to fail
- Pinyin
- shī
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 7657 of 2500
道
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0
road; path (CL:條|条[tiao2],股[gu3]), (bound form) way; reason; principle, (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization, (Daoism) the Way; the Dao, to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel), (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words), classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks, shadows etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process, (old) circuit (administrative division)
- Pinyin
- dào
- Strokes
- 12
- Frequency
- 1253 of 2500
寡
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0
few, scant, widowed
- Pinyin
- guǎ
- Strokes
- 14
助
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0
to help, to assist
- Pinyin
- zhù
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 12627 of 2500