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骄者必败

jiāo zhě bì bàidictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
pride goes before a fall (idiom)
Sources & editorial notes

Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-888f8e9c2278cf4b. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

驕者必敗 骄者必败 [jiao1 zhe3 bi4 bai4] /pride goes before a fall (idiom)/

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Reference information

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Other forms in these source records: 驕者必敗

  • 骄
    jiāo

    proud / arrogant

  • 者
    zhě

    (after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ... / (after a noun) person involved in ... / -er / -ist / (used after a number or 後|后[hòu] or 前[qián] to refer to sth mentioned previously) / (used after a term, to mark a pause before defining the term) / (old) (used at the end of a command) / (old) this

  • 必
    bì

    must / necessarily / certainly / (literary) if

  • 败
    bài

    to defeat / to damage / to lose (to an opponent) / to fail / to wither

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.