虚心使人进步，骄傲使人落后

Traditional form:

虛心使人進步，驕傲使人落後

Pinyin (reading):

xūxīnshǐrénjìnbù,jiāo'àoshǐrénluòhòu

Definitions:

• modesty leads to progress, arrogance makes you fall behind (quote of Mao Zedong)

Characters:

• 虚 - false; worthless, hollow, empty; vain
• 心 - heart; mind; soul
• 使 - cause, mission, orders; envoy, messenger, ambassador
• 人 - man, person; people
• 进 - to advance, to make progress; to come in, to enter
• 步 - walk, stroll, pace, march; to make progress
• 骄 - haughty, spirited; a wild stallion
• 傲 - proud, haughty, overbearing
• 使 - cause, mission, orders; envoy, messenger, ambassador
• 人 - man, person; people
• 落 - to fall, to drop; surplus, net income
• 后 - after; behind, rear; descendants

Traditional characters:

• 虛 - false; worthless, hollow, empty; vain
• 心 - heart; mind; soul
• 使 - cause, mission, orders; envoy, messenger, ambassador
• 人 - man, person; people
• 進 - to advance, to make progress; to come in, to enter
• 步 - walk, stroll, pace, march; to make progress
• 驕 - haughty, spirited; a wild stallion
• 傲 - proud, haughty, overbearing
• 使 - cause, mission, orders; envoy, messenger, ambassador
• 人 - man, person; people
• 落 - to fall, to drop; surplus, net income
• 後 - after; behind, rear; descendants