| 道高益安，势高益危 |
dào gāo yì ān , shì gāo yì wēi |
More moral strength increases one's safety, more power and influence increases one's danger (idiom, from Records of the Historian 史记). cf Unlimited power is apt to corrupt the minds of those who possess it (William Pitt the Elder, 1770). |
| 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) |
| 高 |
Gāo |
surname Gao |
| 高 |
gāo |
high / tall / above average / loud / your (honorific) |
| 益 |
Yì |
surname Yi |
| 益 |
yì |
benefit / profit / advantage / beneficial / to increase / to add / all the more |
| 安 |
Ān |
surname An |
| 安 |
ān |
(bound form) calm; peaceful / to calm; to set at ease / safe; secure; in good health / content; satisfied (as in 安于) / to place (sb) in a suitable position (job) / to install; to fix; to fit / to bring (a charge against sb) / to harbor (certain intentions) / ampere (abbr. for 安培) |
| 势 |
shì |
power / influence / potential / momentum / tendency / trend / situation / conditions / outward appearance / sign / gesture / male genitals |
| 高 |
Gāo |
surname Gao |
| 高 |
gāo |
high / tall / above average / loud / your (honorific) |
| 益 |
Yì |
surname Yi |
| 益 |
yì |
benefit / profit / advantage / beneficial / to increase / to add / all the more |
| 危 |
Wēi |
surname Wei |
| 危 |
wēi |
danger / to endanger / Taiwan pr. [wei2] |