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德不配位，必有災殃
简 德不配位，必有灾殃 · 繁 德不配位，必有災殃Mandarin · pinyin dé bù pèi wèi , bì yǒu zāi yāng
Meanings
- calamity will befall those whose moral standards are not in keeping with their social status
Characters in this entry
- 德
- dé · ethics, morality, virtue
- 不
- bù · no, not; un-; negative prefix
- 配
- pèi · match, pair; equal; blend
- 位
- wèi · throne; position, post; rank, status; seat
- 必
- bì · surely, most certainly; must
- 有
- yǒu · have, own, possess; exist
- 災
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- 殃
- yāng · misfortune, disaster, calamity
- 灾
- zāi · calamity, disaster, catastrophe
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