"得道多助" meaning in All languages combined

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Phrase [Chinese]

IPA: /tɤ³⁵ tɑʊ̯⁵¹ tu̯ɔ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂu⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /tɐk̚⁵ tou̯²² tɔː⁵⁵ t͡sɔː²²/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /tɤ³⁵ tɑʊ̯⁵¹ tu̯ɔ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂu⁵¹/, /tɐk̚⁵ tou̯²² tɔː⁵⁵ t͡sɔː²²/ Chinese transliterations: dédàoduōzhù [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄉㄜˊ ㄉㄠˋ ㄉㄨㄛ ㄓㄨˋ [Mandarin, bopomofo], dak¹ dou⁶ do¹ zo⁶ [Cantonese, Jyutping], dédàoduōzhù [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], dédàoduojhù [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], tê²-tao⁴-to¹-chu⁴ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], dé-dàu-dwō-jù [Mandarin, Yale], derdawduojuh [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], дэдаодочжу [Mandarin, Palladius], dɛdaodočžu [Mandarin, Palladius], dāk douh dō joh [Cantonese, Yale], dak⁷ dou⁶ do¹ dzo⁶ [Cantonese, Pinyin], deg¹ dou⁶ do¹ zo⁶ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization]
Etymology: From Mencius (《孟子·公孫丑下》) Etymology templates: {{lang|zh|(《孟子·公孫丑下》)}} (《孟子·公孫丑下》) Head templates: {{head|zh|idiom}} 得道多助
  1. A just cause attracts much support. Wikipedia link: Mencius (book) Tags: idiomatic Related terms: 得道多助,失道寡助 (dédàoduōzhù, shīdàoguǎzhù)
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      "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.",
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      "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.",
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    {
      "ipa": "/tɤ³⁵ tɑʊ̯⁵¹ tu̯ɔ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂu⁵¹/",
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      "zh-pron": "dak⁷ dou⁶ do¹ dzo⁶"
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