See 失道寡助 on Wiktionary
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"roman": "dédàoduōzhù",
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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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"roman": "Dédào zhě duōzhù, shīdào zhě guǎzhù. Guǎzhù zhī zhì, qīnqī pàn zhī; duōzhù zhī zhì, tiānxià shùn zhī.",
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"text": "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。",
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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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"text": "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。",
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"english": "Fourthly and lastly, there is broad international support for China stemming from the progressive and just character of her war, which is again exactly the reverse of the meagre support for Japan's unjust cause.",
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"ref": " 1938, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《論持久戰》 (On Protracted War), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition",
"roman": "Zuìhòu, dìsì, yóuyú Zhōngguó zhànzhēng de jìnbùxìng, zhèngyìxìng ér chǎnshēng chūlái de guójì guǎngdà yuánzhù, tóng Rìběn de shīdàoguǎzhù yòu qiàqià xiàngfǎn.",
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"zh-pron": "ㄕ ㄉㄠˋ ㄍㄨㄚˇ ㄓㄨˋ"
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"zh-pron": "sat¹ dou⁶ gwaa² zo⁶"
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"zh-pron": "šidaoguačžu"
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"ipa": "/ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ tɑʊ̯⁵¹ ku̯ä²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂu⁵¹/",
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"zh-pron": "sāt douh gwá joh"
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"zh-pron": "sat⁷ dou⁶ gwaa² dzo⁶"
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"zh-pron": "sed¹ dou⁶ gua² zo⁶"
},
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"ipa": "/ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ tɑʊ̯⁵¹ ku̯ä²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂu⁵¹/"
},
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"ipa": "/sɐt̚⁵ tou̯²² kʷaː³⁵ t͡sɔː²²/"
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"word": "失道寡助"
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"roman": "dédàoduōzhù",
"word": "得道多助"
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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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"roman": "Dédào zhě duōzhù, shīdào zhě guǎzhù. Guǎzhù zhī zhì, qīnqī pàn zhī; duōzhù zhī zhì, tiānxià shùn zhī.",
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"text": "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。",
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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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"tags": [
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"text": "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。",
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{
"ipa": "/ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ tɑʊ̯⁵¹ ku̯ä²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂu⁵¹/",
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