满招损,谦受益 (滿招損,謙受益)
mǎn zhāo sǔn , qiān shòu yì
Pinyin
Definition
满招损,谦受益 (滿招損,謙受益)
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- (idiom) complacency leads to loss, modesty brings profit
- pride comes before a fall
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 to receive
- 2 to accept
- 3 to suffer
- 4 subjected to
- 5 to bear
- 6 to stand
- 7 pleasant
- 8 (passive marker)
- 1 to sustain injuries
- 2 wounded (in an accident etc)
- 3 harmed
- 1 to receive (praise, an education, punishment etc)
- 2 to be ...ed (praised, educated, punished etc)
- 1 to sense
- 2 perception
- 3 to feel (through the senses)
- 4 to experience
- 5 a feeling
- 6 an impression
- 7 an experience
Idioms (20)
一不做,二不休
- 1 don't do it, or don't rest (idiom); either give up, or go through to the end
- 2 Since we started, we must carry it through whatever happens.
- 3 in for a penny, in for a pound
一人得道,鸡犬升天
- 1 lit. when a man achieves the Dao, his poultry and dogs rise to Heaven (idiom)
- 2 fig. to ride on sb else's success
- 3 Once one man gets a government position, all his cronies get in too
- 4 Once sb has cracked the problem, every Tom, Dick and Harry can do it
一个天南,一个地北
- 1 to live miles apart (idiom)
一传十,十传百
- 1 news pass quickly from mouth to mouth (idiom)
- 2 an infectious disease spreads quickly (old meaning)
一则以喜,一则以忧
- 1 happy on the one hand, but worried on the other (idiom)