滿招損，謙受益

Chinese

		to fill; to fulfil; filled to fill; to fulfil; filled; packed; Manchurian	to lead to failure		modest	to benefit; to profit
trad. (滿招損，謙受益)		滿	招損	，	謙	受益
simp. (满招损，谦受益)		满	招损	，	谦	受益

Etymology

惟德動天，無遠弗屆，滿招損，謙受益，時乃天道。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]

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惟德动天，无远弗届，满招损，谦受益，时乃天道。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

From: The Book of Documents, circa 4^th – 3^rd century BCE

Wéi dé dòng tiān, wú yuǎn fú jiè, mǎn zhāosǔn, qiān shòuyì, shí nǎi tiāndào. [Pinyin]

It is virtue that moves Heaven; there is no distance to which it does not reach. Pride brings loss, and humility receives increase - this is the way of Heaven.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mǎn zhāosǔn, qiān shòuyì

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄢˇ ㄓㄠ ㄙㄨㄣˇ , ㄑㄧㄢ ㄕㄡˋ ㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mun⁵ ziu¹ syun², him¹ sau⁶ jik¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mǎn zhāosǔn, qiān shòuyì
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄢˇ ㄓㄠ ㄙㄨㄣˇ , ㄑㄧㄢ ㄕㄡˋ ㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mǎn jhaosǔn, cian shòuyì
    • Wade–Giles: man³ chao¹-sun³, chʻien¹ shou⁴-i⁴
    • Yale: mǎn jāu-swǔn-, chyān shòu-yì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: maan jausoen, chian showyih
    • Palladius: мань чжаосунь, цянь шоуи (manʹ čžaosunʹ, cjanʹ šoui)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /män²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯⁵⁵ su̯ən²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʂoʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ i⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mun⁵ ziu¹ syun², him¹ sau⁶ jik¹
    • Yale: múhn jīu syún, hīm sauh yīk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mun⁵ dziu¹ syn², him¹ sau⁶ jik⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: mun⁵ jiu¹ xun², him¹ seo⁶ yig¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /muːn¹³ t͡siːu̯⁵⁵ syːn³⁵ hiːm⁵⁵ sɐu̯²² jɪk̚⁵/

Proverb

滿招損，謙受益

1. A conceited person receives failure, whereas a modest person receives benefits; pride comes before a fall