道高一尺，魔高一丈 in English dao4 gao1 yi1 chi3 , mo2 gao1 yi1 zhang4 Meaning

Meanings

• virtue is one foot tall, the devil ten foot (idiomatic expression); It takes constant vigilance to stave off evil.

Pinyin

dao4 gao1 yi1 chi3 , mo2 gao1 yi1 zhang4

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

道dao4road 高gao1surname Gao 一yi1one 尺chi3one of the characters used to represent a musical note in gongche notation, 工尺譜|工尺谱[gong1 che3 pu3] ， 魔mo2devil 高gao1surname Gao 一yi1one 丈zhang4measure of length, ten Chinese feet (3.3 m)