modesty leads to progress, arrogance makes you fall behind (quote of Mao Zedong)
trad. 虛心使人進步，驕傲使人落後
Also written 虛心使人進步，驕傲使人落後【xū xīn shǐ rén jìn bù , jiāo ào shǐ rén luò hòu】
Characters in this word
10虚
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emptiness, void, abstract theory or guiding principles, empty or unoccupied, diffident or timid, false, humble or modest, (of health) weak, virtual, in vain
- Pinyin
- xū
- Traditional
- 虛
- Strokes
- 11
- Frequency
- 25196 of 2500
心
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heart, mind, intention, center, core, CL:顆|颗[ke1],個|个[ge4]
- Pinyin
- xīn
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 837 of 2500
使
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to make, to cause, to enable, to use, to employ, to send, to instruct sb to do sth, envoy, messenger
- Pinyin
- shǐ
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 629 of 2500
人
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person; people, CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]
- Pinyin
- rén
- Strokes
- 2
- Frequency
- 30 of 2500
进
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to go forward, to advance, to go in, to enter, to put in, to submit, to take in, to admit, (math.) base of a number system, classifier for sections in a building or residential compound
- Pinyin
- jìn
- Traditional
- 進
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 680 of 2500
步
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surname Bu
- Pinyin
- Bù
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 9678 of 2500
骄
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proud, arrogant
- Pinyin
- jiāo
- Traditional
- 驕
- Strokes
- 9
傲
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proud, arrogant, to despise, unyielding, to defy
- Pinyin
- ào
- Strokes
- 12
落
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to leave out, to be missing, to leave behind or forget to bring, to lag or fall behind
- Pinyin
- là
- Strokes
- 12
- Frequency
- 4185 of 2500
后
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surname Hou
- Pinyin
- Hòu
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 233 of 2500