惯骑马的惯跌跤，河里淹死会水的慣騎馬的慣跌跤，河里淹死會水的慣騎馬的慣跌跤，河里淹死會水的

those used to riding horses are used to falling; those who drown in the river are the ones who can swim

Saying俗语俗語

Proverb谚语諺語 · Widely known

Meaning: Skilled people grow overconfident and careless and so meet with accidents. A warning. Similar to "pride comes before a fall".

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Simplified: 惯骑马的惯跌跤，河里淹死会水的
Traditional (Taiwan): 慣騎馬的慣跌跤，河里淹死會水的
Pinyin: guàn qímǎ de guàn diējiāo, hé li yānsǐ huì shuǐ de
Pinyin (Taiwan): guàn qímǎ de guàn diējiāo, hé lǐ yānsǐ huì shuǐ de
Bopomofo: ㄍㄨㄢˋ ㄑㄧˊ ㄇㄚˇ ˙ㄉㄜㄍㄨㄢˋ ㄉㄧㄝㄐㄧㄠ，ㄏㄜˊ ㄌㄧˇ ㄧㄢㄙˇ ㄏㄨㄟˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ˙ㄉㄜ

Written with HSK 7-9 vocabulary, at CEFR level C1.

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