骄兵必败
jiāo​bīng​bì​bài

pride goes before a fall

  • created reference approved 骄兵必败/驕兵必敗 → 哀兵必胜/哀兵必勝 (antonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    骄兵必败 / 驕兵必敗 jiāo​bīng​bì​bài

    哀兵必胜 / 哀兵必勝 āi​bīng​bì​shèng

    antonym

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 骄兵必败/驕兵必敗 · jiāo​bīng​bì​bài · pride goes before a fall — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    骄兵必败 / 驕兵必敗

    jiāo​bīng​bì​bài

    pride goes before a fall

    An arrogant army is bound to lose; an army that is overconfident and underestimates its enemy will inevitably be defeated.

    骄兵 (literal) → 骄兵/驕兵 · jiāo​bīng · arrogant troops 必 (literal) → 必 · bì · certainly 败 (literal) → 败/敗 · bài · to be defeated

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense