招損

招损
zhāosǔn
  1. (literary) to lead to failure
  2. to lead to failure

Wiktionary

Entry Composition

=1 招 zhāo
  1. to recruit
  2. to provoke
  3. to beckon
  4. to incur
  5. to infect
  6. contagious
  7. a move (chess)
  8. a maneuver
  9. device
  10. trick
  11. to confess
=1 招 qiáo
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to raise
  2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) used in 招木
  3. to raise
  4. used in 招木
=1 招 sháo
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 韶 (sháo, “ancient music at the time of Emperor Shun”)
  2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) used in 招搖／招摇 (sháoyáo)
  3. alternative form of 韶 (sháo, “ancient music at the time of Emperor Shun”)
  4. used in 招搖／招摇 (sháoyáo)
2 損 sǔn
  1. to decrease; to lose
  2. to damage; to harm
  3. (coll.) to ridicule; to deride
  4. (coll.) caustic; sarcastic; nasty; mean
  5. one of the 64 hexagrams of the Book of Changes: ䷨

Containing this entry

滿招損，謙受益 mǎnzhāosǔn,qiānshòuyì
  1. (idiom) complacency leads to loss, modesty brings profit
  2. pride comes before a fall