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失道寡助

失
道
寡
助
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 and words in 失道寡助

失
shī = sh + Ø1
to lose / to miss / to fail
Add a new mnemonic for 失 = 𠂉 + 大
Add a new mnemonic for 失 = 丿 + 夫
失
道
(literary) to lose one's way; to get lost / (literary) to stray from the proper course
道
dào = d + ao4
road / path / CL:條|条[tiao2],股[gu3] / principle / truth / morality / reason / skill / method / Dao (of Daoism) / to say / to speak / to talk / classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process / (old) circuit (administrative division)
Add a new mnemonic for 道 = 辶 + 首
寡
guǎ = gu + a3
few / scant / widowed
Add a new mnemonic for 寡 = 宀 + 丆 + 且 + 分
寡
助
(esp. of an unjust cause) to receive little support
助
zhù = zhu + Ø4
to help / to assist
Add a new mnemonic for 助 = 且 + 力
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