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從善如登，從惡如崩

简 从善如登，从恶如崩 · 繁 從善如登，從惡如崩
Mandarin · pinyin cóng shàn rú dēng , cóng è rú bēng

Meanings

  1. doing good is like a hard climb, doing evil is like an easy fall (idiom)
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從
cóng · from, by, since, whence, through
善
shàn · good, virtuous, charitable, kind
如
rú · if, supposing; as if; like, as
登
dēng · rise, mount, board, climb
惡
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崩
bēng · rupture, split apart, collapse
从
cóng · from, by, since, whence, through
恶
è · evil, wicked, bad, foul
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從善如登，從惡如崩 · cong2 shan4 ru2 deng1 , cong2 e4 ru2 beng1
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Exact source record從善如登，從惡如崩 从善如登，从恶如崩 [cong2 shan4 ru2 deng1 , cong2 e4 ru2 beng1] /doing good is like a hard climb, doing evil is like an easy fall (idiom)/