徳は孤ならず必ず隣あり

Japanese

Kanji in this term
徳	孤	必	隣
とく Grade: 4	こ Grade: S	かなら Grade: 4	となり Grade: S

Alternative spelling
德は孤ならず必ず隣あり (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle Chinese: 徳不孤、必有隣

Idiom

徳(とく)は孤(こ)ならず必(かなら)ず隣(となり)あり or 徳は孤ならず必ず隣あり(idiom) • (toku wa ko narazu kanarazu tonari ari or idiom) [[Category:Japanese
|とくはこならすかならすとなりあり]]

1. Virtue never has solitude and always has companionship.

References

• The Kōjien (広辞苑) Dictionary of the Japanese Language, 5th edition, Iwanami Shoten Publishing, Tokyo.