Entry
道dào高gāo益yì安ān，,势shì高gāo益yì危wēi

  1. More moral strength increases one's safety, more power and influence increases one's danger (idiom, from Records of the Historian 史記|史记). cf Unlimited power is apt to corrupt the minds of those who possess it (William Pitt the Elder, 1770).

    trad. 道高益安，勢高益危

Also written 道高益安，勢高益危【dào gāo yì ān , shì gāo yì wēi】

Characters in this word

6
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
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