邪不胜正

邪不勝正
xiébùshèngzhèng

evil cannot prevail over good

Wiktionary

Entry Composition

=1 邪 xié old variant of 邪 xié
=1 邪 xié
  1. demonic
  2. iniquitous
  3. nefarious
  4. evil
  5. unhealthy influences that cause disease (Chinese medicine)
  6. (coll.) strange
  7. abnormal
=1 邪 yé
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) The chant of labourers used for synchronized pulling, lifting, etc., similar to heigh-ho.
  2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 耶 (sentence-final interrogative particle)
  3. The chant of labourers used for synchronized pulling, lifting, etc., similar to heigh-ho.
  4. alternative form of 耶 (sentence-final interrogative particle)
  5. only used in 琅邪, alternative form of 琅琊 (Lángyá)
=1 邪 xú
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 徐 (xú, “slow”)
  2. alternative form of 徐 (xú, “slow”)
=1 邪 yú
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 餘 /余 (“remainder; remaining days”)
  2. alternative form of 餘 /余 (“remainder; remaining days”)
=1 邪 shé only used in 歸邪／归邪
2 不胜 bùshèng
  1. cannot bear or stand
  2. be unequal to
  3. very
  4. extremely
=3 正 zhēng first month of the lunar year
=3 正 zhèng
  1. straight
  2. upright
  3. proper
  4. main
  5. principal
  6. to correct
  7. to rectify
  8. exactly
  9. just (at that time)
  10. right (in that place)
  11. (math.) positive