lit. an arrogant army is bound to lose (idiom); fig. pride goes before a fall
trad. 驕兵必敗
Also written 驕兵必敗【jiāo bīng bì bài】
Characters in this word
4骄
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proud, arrogant
- Pinyin
- jiāo
- Traditional
- 驕
- Strokes
- 9
兵
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soldiers, a force, an army, weapons, arms, military, warlike, CL:個|个[ge4]
- Pinyin
- bīng
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 4822 of 2500
必
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certainly, must, will, necessarily
- Pinyin
- bì
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 9692 of 2500
败
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to defeat, to damage, to lose (to an opponent), to fail, to wither
- Pinyin
- bài
- Traditional
- 敗
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 24234 of 2500