从善如登，从恶如崩 in English cong2 shan4 ru2 deng1 , cong2 e4 ru2 beng1 Meaning

Meanings

  • doing good is like a hard climb, doing evil is like an easy fall (idiomatic expression)

Simplified Characters

从 善 如 登 ， 从 恶 如 崩

Traditional Characters

從 善 如 登 ， 從 惡 如 崩

Pinyin

cong2 shan4 ru2 deng1 , cong2 e4 ru2 beng1

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

从cong2surname Cong 善shan4good (virtuous) 如ru2as 登deng1to scale (a height) ， 从cong2surname Cong 恶e4see 惡心|恶心[e3 xin1] 如ru2as 崩beng1to collapse