汉英词典
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MEANING OF 道高益安,势高益危
道高益安,势高益危
(道高益安,勢高益危)
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).
益 more / 势 Power / The higher the morality, the better the safety of others; the greater the power, the easier it is to abuse power, and the more dangerous it is to be self-sufficient
益更加;势权势。道德越高尚,为人处事好,就越安全;权势越大,更容易滥用权力,刚愎自用,就越危险。
dào gāo ān () shì wēi
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