晚节不保 — Chinese idiom
晚节不保
wǎn jié bù bǎo
Traditional: 晚節不保
Meaning
- to tarnish one's reputation in later life; to lose prestige at a later stage
Character by character
- 晚wǎnnight, evening; late
- 节jiéfestival; knot, joint; segment; to economize, to s
- 不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix
- 保bǎoto safeguard, to protect, to defend, to care for
Idioms sharing a character
- 大器晚成 dà qì wǎn chéng
- 早出晚归 zǎo chū wǎn guī
- 为时不晚 wéi shí bù wǎn
- 为时未晚 wéi shí wèi wǎn
- 犹未为晚 yóu wèi wéi wǎn
- 相见恨晚 xiāng jiàn hèn wǎn
- 不拘小节 bù jū xiǎo jié
- 勤俭节约 qín jiǎn jié yuē
- 厉行节约 lì xíng jié yuē
- 折节读书 zhé jié dú shū
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