骄者必败 (驕者必敗)
jiāo zhě bì bài
Pinyin
Definition
骄者必败 (驕者必敗)
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- pride goes before a fall (idiom)
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
三人行,必有我师
- 1 lit. if three walk together, one can be my teacher (idiom, from the Analects of Confucius)
- 2 you have sth to learn from everyone
之乎者也
- 1 lit. 之[zhī], 乎[hū], 者[zhě] and 也[yě] (four grammatical particles of Classical Chinese) (idiom); fig. archaic expressions
二虎相斗,必有一伤
- 1 lit. when two tigers fight, one is sure to be wounded (idiom)
- 2 fig. if it comes to a fight, someone will get hurt
人无远虑,必有近忧
- 1 He who gives no thought to far-flung problems soon finds suffering nearby (idiom, from Analects).
- 2 Smug concentration on the here and now will lead to future sorrow.
仁者见仁,智者见智
- 1 The benevolent sees benevolence, the wise sees wisdom.
- 2 Different views are admissible. (idiom)