戒骄戒躁 — Chinese idiom
戒骄戒躁
jiè jiāo jiè zào
Traditional: 戒驕戒躁
Meaning
- to guard against pride and impatience ; to remain modest and keep cool
Character by character
- 戒jièto warn, to admonish; to swear off, to avoid
- 骄jiāohaughty, spirited; a wild stallion
- 戒jièto warn, to admonish; to swear off, to avoid
- 躁zàotense, irritable; rash, hot-tempered
Idioms sharing a character
- 以示警戒 yǐ shì jǐng jiè
- 引以为戒 yǐn yǐ wéi jiè
- 戒奢崇俭 jiè shē chóng jiǎn
- 骄兵必败 jiāo bīng bì bài
- 骄者必败 jiāo zhě bì bài
- 心烦气躁 xīn fán qì zào
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