抬得高，跌得重抬得高，跌得重抬得高，跌得重

lifted high, fall hard

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Proverb谚语諺語 · Widely known

Meaning: The more someone is praised and built up, the harder their failure will be. Like 'the bigger they are, the harder they fall'.

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Simplified: 抬得高，跌得重
Pinyin: tái de gāo, diē de zhòng
Pinyin (Taiwan): tái de gāo, dié de zhòng
Bopomofo: ㄊㄞˊ ˙ㄉㄜㄍㄠ，ㄉㄧㄝˊ ˙ㄉㄜㄓㄨㄥˋ

Written with HSK 6 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

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