dou6 gou1 jik1 on1 ，sai3 gou1 jik1 ngai4道高益安，勢高益危道高益安，势高益危
Jyutpingdou6 gou1 jik1 on1 ，sai3 gou1 jik1 ngai4
Yaledouh gōu yīk ōn ，sai gōu yīk ngàih

Definition

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).

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T1High level
T2High rising
T3Mid level
T4Low falling
T5Low rising
T6Low level

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