Pinyin Dictionary results for "gao yi"

高邑
Gaoyi county in Shijiazhuang 石家莊|石家庄[Shi2 jia1 zhuang1], Hebei
告一段落
to come to the end of a phase (idiom)
高邑县
Gaoyi county in Shijiazhuang 石家莊|石家庄[Shi2 jia1 zhuang1], Hebei
棋高一着
to be a step ahead of the opponent (idiom); to outsmart one's opponent
登高一呼
to make a clarion call; to make a public appeal
道高一尺,魔高一丈
virtue is one foot tall, the devil ten foot (idiom); It takes constant vigilance to stave off evil.
道高益安,势高益危
More moral strength increases one's safety, more power and influence increases one's danger (idiom, from Records of the Historian 史記|史记). cf Unlimited power is apt to corrupt the minds of those who possess it (William Pitt the Elder, 1770).
魔高一丈,道高一尺
the devil is ten foot tall, virtue one foot (idiom); It takes constant vigilance to stave off evil.
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