骄兵必败 jiāo bīng bì bài

DEFINITIONS

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

CHARACTERS

骄 jiāo spirited horse; haughty
兵 bīng soldier, troops
必 bì surely, most certainly; must
败 bài be defeated, decline, fail