| 满招损，谦受益 |
mǎn zhāo sǔn , qiān shòu yì |
(idiom) complacency leads to loss, modesty brings profit / pride comes before a fall |
| 满 |
Mǎn |
Manchu ethnic group |
| 满 |
mǎn |
to fill / full / filled / packed / fully / completely / quite / to reach the limit / to satisfy / satisfied / contented |
| 招 |
zhāo |
to recruit / to provoke / to beckon / to incur / to infect / contagious / a move (chess) / a maneuver / device / trick / to confess |
| 损 |
sǔn |
to decrease; to lose / to damage; to harm / (coll.) to ridicule; to deride / (coll.) caustic; sarcastic; nasty; mean / one of the 64 hexagrams of the Book of Changes: ䷨ |
| 谦 |
qiān |
modest |
| 受 |
shòu |
to receive / to accept / to suffer / subjected to / to bear / to stand / pleasant / (passive marker) / (LGBT) bottom |
| 受益 |
shòu yì |
to benefit from / profit |
| 益 |
Yì |
surname Yi |
| 益 |
yì |
benefit / profit / advantage / beneficial / to increase / to add / all the more |