驕者必敗 jiāo zhě bì bài

pride goes before a fall (idiom)

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. pride goes before a fall (idiom)

Characters

Character Meaning
驕 jiāo
arrogant; proud
者 zhě HSK 3
(after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ...
必 bì HSK 3
must; necessarily; certainly
敗 bài
to fail; to lose (to an opponent); to defeat