(idiom) complacency leads to loss, modesty brings profit; pride comes before a fall
trad. 滿招損，謙受益
Also written 滿招損，謙受益【mǎn zhāo sǔn , qiān shòu yì】
Characters in this word
6满
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Manchu ethnic group
- Pinyin
- Mǎn
- Traditional
- 滿
- Strokes
- 13
- Frequency
- 3876 of 2500
招
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to recruit, to provoke, to beckon, to incur, to infect, contagious, a move (chess), a maneuver, device, trick, to confess
- Pinyin
- zhāo
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 6697 of 2500
损
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(bound form) to decrease; to diminish, (bound form) to harm; to damage, (coll.) to ridicule; to deride, (coll.) mean; nasty; sarcastic
- Pinyin
- sǔn
- Traditional
- 損
- Strokes
- 10
- Frequency
- 43350 of 2500
谦
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modest
- Pinyin
- qiān
- Traditional
- 謙
- Strokes
- 12
- Frequency
- 47858 of 2500
受
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to receive, to accept, to suffer, subjected to, to bear, to stand, pleasant, (passive marker), (LGBT) bottom
- Pinyin
- shòu
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 1236 of 2500
益
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surname Yi
- Pinyin
- Yì
- Strokes
- 10