满招损,谦受益
Traditional form:
滿招損,謙受益
Pinyin (reading):
mǎnzhāosǔn,qiānshòuyì
Definitions:
- (idiom) complacency leads to loss, modesty brings profit
- pride comes before a fall
Characters:
- 满 - to fill; full, packed; satisfied
- 招 - to summon; to recruit; to levy
- 损 - to damage, to harm
- 谦 - humble, modest
- 受 - to receive, to get, to accept; to bear
- 益 - to profit, to benefit; advantage
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