多行不義必自斃
简 多行不义必自毙 · 繁 多行不義必自斃Meanings
- persisting in evil brings about self-destruction (idiom)
Characters in this entry
- 多
- duō · much, many; more than, over
- 行
- xíng · go; walk; move, travel; circulate; Kangxi radical 144
- 不
- bù · no, not; un-; negative prefix
- 義
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- 必
- bì · surely, most certainly; must
- 自
- zì · self, private, personal; from; Kangxi radical 132
- 斃
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- 义
- yì · right conduct, righteousness
- 毙
- bì · kill; die violent death
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Mandarin tones
1–2–4–4–4–4–4 · duo1 xing2 bu4 yi4 bi4 zi4 bi4
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
do1 hang4 bat1 ji6 bit1 zi6 bai6
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proverb
- The wages of sin is death; He who is unjust is doomed to destruction.
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