骄兵必败 jiāo bīng bì bài

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

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency 58078th word

Definitions

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

Characters

Character Meaning
骄 jiāo HSK 4
arrogant; proud
兵 bīng HSK 5
soldiers; military; weapons
必 bì HSK 3
must; necessarily; certainly
败 bài HSK 4
to fail; to lose (to an opponent); to defeat