驕兵必敗 jiāo bīng bì bài

lit. an arrogant army is bound to lose (idiom)

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. lit. an arrogant army is bound to lose (idiom)
  2. 2. fig. pride goes before a fall

Characters

Character Meaning
驕 jiāo
arrogant; proud
兵 bīng HSK 5
soldiers; military; weapons
必 bì HSK 3
must; necessarily; certainly
敗 bài
to fail; to lose (to an opponent); to defeat