道高一尺，魔高一丈

Chinese

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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
  • 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

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.
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