谦受益,满招损 謙受益,滿招損 謙受益,滿招損

modesty receives benefit, fullness invites loss

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Proverb谚语諺語 · Widely known

Meaning
Humility brings gain while self-satisfaction brings harm. Approving of modesty; from the Book of Documents.
Simplified
谦受益,满招损
Traditional (Taiwan)
謙受益,滿招損
Pinyin
qiānshòuyì, mǎnzhāosǔn
Bopomofo
ㄑㄧㄢ ㄕㄡˋ ㄧˋ,ㄇㄢˇ ㄓㄠ ㄙㄨㄣˇ

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