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虚心使人进步，骄傲使人落后

xū xīn shǐ rén jìn bù , jiāo ào shǐ rén luò hòu

13-character word Traditional 虛心使人進步，驕傲使人落後

What 虚心使人进步，骄傲使人落后 means

1. modesty leads to progress, arrogance makes you fall behind (quote of Mao Zedong)

The characters in 虚心使人进步，骄傲使人落后

• 虚xūemptiness; void; abstract theory or guiding principles
• 心xīnheart; mind; intention
• 使shǐto make; to cause; to enable
• 人rénperson; people
• 进jìnto go forward; to advance; to go in
• 步bùa step; a pace; walk
• 骄jiāoproud; arrogant
• 傲àoproud; arrogant; to despise
• 使shǐto make; to cause; to enable
• 人rénperson; people
• 落luòto fall or drop; (of the sun) to set; (of a tide) to go out
• 后hòuempress; queen; (archaic) monarch