May 8, 2012

Today's idiom: 邪不胜正 (The evil will not triumph over the virtuous.)

xié bú shèng zhèng
邪不胜正
The evil will not triumph over the virtuous.

Contrast:
dào gāo yì chǐ mó gāo yí zhàng
道高一尺魔高一丈
While the priest climbs a post, the devil climbs ten
It is another very common idiom in Chinese, it means while decent/honest people make some progress, the evil people make greater progress.

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