骄傲自满 会摔跟头的
“Pride comes before a fall.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
别把自己当个人物
“Don't think too highly of yourself.”
骄傲自满 会 摔跟头 的
“Pride comes before a fall.”
好 我会注意的
“Alright. I'll keep that in mind.”
“Don't get cocky; reality will humble you hard if you keep acting like this.”
Chinese culture places a high moral value on modesty; senior figures frequently use warnings against pride to keep juniors grounded.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
arrogant and self-satisfied; complacent
A common four-character idiom used critically to describe someone who overestimates themselves.
to trip and fall; to suffer a setback
A colloquial idiom metaphorically indicating failure or making a serious blunder in life or career.
Placed at the end of the clause to add certainty and emphasize the inevitability of the consequence.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“But don't be arrogant. An arrogant army will surely fail, right?”
“Why, then, have you grown complacent”
“He's too proud.”
“a little too self-righteous?”
“(Arrogance always backfires.)”
“I felt a little proud.”