骄兵必败 — Chinese idiom
骄兵必败
jiāo bīng bì bài
Traditional: 驕兵必敗
Meaning
- lit. an arrogant army is bound to lose
- fig. pride goes before a fall
Character by character
- 骄jiāohaughty, spirited; a wild stallion
- 兵bīngsoldier; troops, an army; warlike
- 必bìsurely, certainly; must; will
- 败bàifailure; to decline, to fail, to suffer defeat
Idioms sharing a character
- 戒骄戒躁 jiè jiāo jiè zào
- 骄者必败 jiāo zhě bì bài
- 先礼后兵 xiān lǐ hòu bīng
- 全民皆兵 quán mín jiē bīng
- 兵不厌诈 bīng bù yàn zhà
- 兵不血刃 bīng bù xuè rèn
- 兵家常事 bīng jiā cháng shì
- 兵强马壮 bīng qiáng mǎ zhuàng
- 兵戈扰攘 bīng gē rǎo rǎng
- 兵戎相见 bīng róng xiāng jiàn
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