| 失 |
shī dào guǎ zhù | an unjust cause finds little support (idiom, from Mencius) / cf 得道多助 a just cause attracts much support |
| 失 |
shī | to lose / to miss / to fail |
| 失 |
shī dào | (literary) to lose one's way; to get lost / (literary) to stray from the proper course |
| 道 |
dào | road; path (CL:条,股) / (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 etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process / (old) circuit (administrative division) |
| 寡 |
guǎ | few / scant / widowed |
| 寡 |
guǎ zhù | (esp. of an unjust cause) to receive little support |
| 助 |
zhù | to help / to assist |