道高一尺，魔高一丈

Chinese

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dào gāo yī chǐ, mó gāo yī zhàng

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄠˋ ㄍㄠ ㄧ ㄔˇ , ㄇㄛˊ ㄍㄠ ㄧ ㄓㄤˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dou⁶ gou¹ jat¹ cek³, mo¹ gou¹ jat¹ zoeng⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dào gāo yī chǐ, mó gāo yī zhàng [Phonetic: dào gāo yì chǐ, mó gāo yí zhàng]
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄠˋ ㄍㄠ ㄧ ㄔˇ , ㄇㄛˊ ㄍㄠ ㄧ ㄓㄤˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dào gao yi chǐh, mó gao yi jhàng
    • Wade–Giles: tao⁴ kao¹ i¹ chʻih³, mo² kao¹ i¹ chang⁴
    • Yale: dàu gāu yī chř-, mwó gāu yī jàng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: daw gau i chyy, mo gau i janq
    • Palladius: дао гао и чи, мо гао и чжан (dao gao i či, mo gao i čžan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɑʊ̯⁵¹ kɑʊ̯⁵⁵ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ mu̯ɔ³⁵ kɑʊ̯⁵⁵ i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ ʈ͡ʂɑŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dou⁶ gou¹ jat¹ cek³, mo¹ gou¹ jat¹ zoeng⁶
    • Yale: douh gōu yāt chek, mō gōu yāt jeuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dou⁶ gou¹ jat⁷ tsek⁸, mo¹ gou¹ jat⁷ dzoeng⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: dou⁶ gou¹ yed¹ cég³, mo¹ gou¹ yed¹ zêng⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tou̯²² kou̯⁵⁵ jɐt̚⁵ t͡sʰɛːk̚³ mɔː⁵⁵ kou̯⁵⁵ jɐt̚⁵ t͡ʃœːŋ²²/

Proverb

道高一尺，魔高一丈

1. The more illumination, the more temptation; People will always find an end-run around the rules.