It is the Way of Heaven to diminish superabundance, and to supplement deficiency.

天之道损有余而补不足。

Standing on the defensive indicates insufficient strength; attacking, a superabundance of strength.

守则不足，攻则有余。

(So Heaven) diminishes where there is superabundance, and supplements where there is deficiency.

有余者损之，不足者补之。

Who can take his own superabundance and therewith serve all under heaven?

孰能有余以奉于天下？

The superabundance of the products made some people supercilious.

产口的过剩使一些人目空一切了。

Simply by reaching a depth of a thousand meters, seascrapers will produce a superabundance of electricity through the magic of ocean thermal energy conversion.

只要达到一千米的深度，“摩海大楼”就能通过海洋热能转换的魔力产生大量的电能。

It is not so with the way of man. He takes away from those who have not enough to add to his own superabundance.

人之道则不然，损不足以奉有余。

The pretence of this order was the scarcity of corn and pasture, and the superabundance of wine.

这个命令的借口是谷物和牧草稀缺，而葡萄酒却过剩。

" Whatever makes for illness is good; whatever issues from abundance, from superabundance, from power, is evil " : so argues the believer.

“任何导致疾病的东西都是好的； 任何来自富足、过剩、权力的东西都是邪恶的” ：信徒如此论证。

In the one state, therefore, there is always a superabundance of these materials, which are frequently, upon that account, of little or no value.

因此，在一个国家， 这些材料总是过剩， 因此，这些材料往往价值很小或没有价值。