寡助

(esp. of an unjust cause) to receive little support

Characters and words in 寡助

few / scant / widowed
to help / to assist

= + : Mnemonic symbol: water wings helping you to learn how to swim.

Julian Giant Squid wants to learn how to swim and put on a lot of floaties in the space station's bathroom. As he hits the power button to inflate the high tech floaties remotely he forgot that there are still a lot of floaties left, stored in the shelf—he is reminded instanlty as also all of them inflate.

Words with 寡助

A just cause attracts much support, an unjust one finds little (idiom, from Mencius)
an unjust cause finds little support (idiom, from Mencius) / cf 得道多助[de2 dao4 duo1 zhu4] a just cause attracts much support

Sentences with 寡助

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