xưng chân phường chết dẫm
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Meaning · English
Pride goes before a fall
Literally: declare one's own village as the best and die trampled
Examples
Anh ta xưng chân phường chết dẫm vì kiêu ngạo quáHe was so arrogant that he ended up failing
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Sources & notes
Discovered via Nam ngạn chích cẩm (Phạm Quang Sán, 1918; public domain, via vi.wikisource); retrieved 2026-08-01. Source: source ↗ Attested in Nam ngạn chích cẩm (Phạm Quang Sán, 1918). Definition drafted by AI (@cf/meta/llama-3.3-70b-instruct-fp8-fast) and auto-approved by rule on 2026-08-01; pending editor spot-check.
Common questions
What does “xưng chân phường chết dẫm” mean?
Pride goes before a fall Literally: declare one's own village as the best and die trampled
Is “xưng chân phường chết dẫm” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.