虚心使人进步，骄傲使人落后
xū​xīn​shǐ​rén​jìn​bù​jiāo'ào​shǐ​rén​luò​hòu

modesty leads to progress, arrogance makes you fall behind

  • created sense approved 虚心使人进步，骄傲使人落后/虛心使人進步，驕傲使人落後 · xū​xīn​shǐ​rén​jìn​bù​jiāo'ào​shǐ​rén​luò​hòu · modesty leads to progress, arrogance makes you fall behind — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    虚心使人进步，骄傲使人落后 / 虛心使人進步，驕傲使人落後

    xū​xīn​shǐ​rén​jìn​bù​jiāo'ào​shǐ​rén​luò​hòu

    modesty leads to progress, arrogance makes you fall behind

    A famous quote of Mao Zedong expressing that modesty helps one improve while pride causes one to fail or fall behind.

    虚心 (literal) → 虚心/虛心 · xū​xīn · open-minded 使 (literal) → 使 · shǐ · to make 人 (literal) → 人 · rén · person 进步 (literal) → 进步/進步 · jìn​bù · to progress; progress ， (non_chinese) 骄傲 (literal) → 骄傲/驕傲 · jiāo'ào · arrogant 使 (literal) → 使 · shǐ · to make 人 (literal) → 人 · rén · person 落后 (literal) → 落后/落後 · luò​hòu · to fall behind

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