- 魔高一丈,道高一尺
- mo2 gao1 yi1 zhang4 , dao4 gao1 yi1 chi3the devil is ten foot tall, virtue one foot (idiom); It takes constant vigilance to stave off evil.* * *魔高一丈,道高一尺|魔高一丈,道高一尺 [mó gāo yī zhàng , dào gāo yī chǐ] ► the devil is ten foot tall, virtue one foot (idiom); It takes constant vigilance to stave off evil.
Chinese-English dictionary. Academic. 2013.