| 虚心使人进步，骄傲使人落后 |
xū xīn shǐ rén jìn bù , jiāo ào shǐ rén luò hòu |
modesty leads to progress, arrogance makes you fall behind (quote of Mao Zedong) |
| 虚 |
xū |
emptiness / void / abstract theory or guiding principles / empty or unoccupied / diffident or timid / false / humble or modest / (of health) weak / virtual / in vain |
| 虚心 |
xū xīn |
open-minded / humble |
| 心 |
xīn |
heart / mind / intention / center / core / CL:颗,个 |
| 使 |
shǐ |
to make / to cause / to enable / to use / to employ / to send / to instruct sb to do sth / envoy / messenger |
| 人 |
rén |
person; people / CL:个,位,名 |
| 进 |
jìn |
to go forward / to advance / to go in / to enter / to put in / to submit / to take in / to admit / (math.) base of a number system / classifier for sections in a building or residential compound |
| 进步 |
jìn bù |
progress; improvement / to improve; to progress |
| 步 |
Bù |
surname Bu |
| 步 |
bù |
a step / a pace / walk / march / stages in a process / situation |
| 骄 |
jiāo |
proud / arrogant |
| 骄傲 |
jiāo ào |
pride / arrogance / conceited / proud of sth |
| 傲 |
ào |
proud / arrogant / to despise / unyielding / to defy |
| 使 |
shǐ |
to make / to cause / to enable / to use / to employ / to send / to instruct sb to do sth / envoy / messenger |
| 人 |
rén |
person; people / CL:个,位,名 |
| 落 |
là |
to leave out / to be missing / to leave behind or forget to bring / to lag or fall behind |
| 落 |
lào |
colloquial reading for 落 in certain compounds |
| 落 |
luò |
to fall or drop / (of the sun) to set / (of a tide) to go out / to lower / to decline or sink / to lag or fall behind / to fall onto / to rest with / to get or receive / to write down / whereabouts / settlement |
| 落后 |
luò hòu |
to fall behind / to lag (in technology etc) / backward / to retrogress |
| 后 |
Hòu |
surname Hou |
| 后 |
hòu |
empress / queen / (archaic) monarch / ruler |
| 后 |
hòu |
back / behind / rear / afterwards / after / later / post- |