道高一尺，魔高一丈 [－－－－－－－－－]

Jyutping dou6 gou1 jat1 cek3 ， mo1 gou1 jat1 zoeng6
Pinyin dào gāo yī chǐ ， mó gāo yī zhàng

Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. proverb
    As virtue rises one foot, vice rises ten; The more illumination, the more temptation; People will always find an end-run around the rules.

道高一尺，魔高一丈 [－－－－－－－－－]

Jyutping dou6 gou1 jat1 cek3 mo1 gou1 jat1 zoeng6
Pinyin dào gāo yī chǐ ， mó gāo yí zhàng

Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 語句
    正​義​嘅​力量​有​壯大到​，​但​係​邪​惡​嘅​力量​更加​大​，​壓倒​正道
    As virtue rises one foot, vice rises ten; The evil prevails over the good.
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. （沒有對應漢語詞彙）

道高一尺，魔高一丈 [－－－－－－－－－]

Jyutping dou6 gou1 jat1 cek3 , mo1 gou1 jat1 zoeng6
Pinyin dào gāo yī chǐ , mó gāo yī zhàng

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. virtue is one foot tall, the devil ten foot (idiom); It takes constant vigilance to stave off evil.
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    俗话说：邪不压正；可俗话又说：道高一尺，魔高一丈！
    俗話說：邪不壓正；可俗話又說：道高一尺，魔高一丈！
    sú huà shuō ： xié bù yā zhèng ； kě sú huà yòu shuō ： dào gāo yī chǐ ， mó gāo yí zhàng ！
    • As the saying goes: "good always triumphs over evil". But there's another saying that: "the fight against evil is a constant struggle".