骄者必败 — Chinese idiom

Meaning

• pride goes before a fall

Character by character

• 骄jiāohaughty, spirited; a wild stallion
• 者zhěthat which; they who; those who
• 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
• 骄兵必败 jiāo bīng bì bài
• 之乎者也 zhī hū zhě yě
• 来者不拒 lái zhě bù jù
• 始作俑者 shǐ zuò yǒng zhě
• 旁观者清 páng guān zhě qīng
• 更有甚者 gèng yǒu shèn zhě
• 能者多劳 néng zhě duō láo
• 分秒必争 fēn miǎo bì zhēng
• 势在必得 shì zài bì dé

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