It means: complacency leads to losses, while modesty benefits.

Similar to the famous saying: Modesty makes people progress, while pride makes people lag behind.

full of losses, modest benefits, pinyin: [m: n zhā o s ǔ n, qi ā n shò u y]

Source:

Da Yu Mo: "Full of losses, modest benefits, time is heaven."

southern dynasties? Liang? Liu Xie's "Literary Mind Carving Dragons and Beautiful Poems": "Benefiting Chen Moyun:' Full of losses, modest benefits." Do you want to make a beautiful speech, but you are right.

song Chen Shidao's "plan to test the martial arts": "a gentleman wins people without strength, and he is convinced by those who change. Therefore: full of losses, modest benefits.

Detailed explanation: If you are complacent about your achievements, you will incur losses and disasters; Modest and always get rid of your own shortcomings, you can benefit from it.

Similar sentence:

Industry is good at diligence, but poor at play. What is done is thought, and it is destroyed.

lack of knowledge leads to diligence.

wealth must be earned by hard work, and men must read five books.

learning is like sailing against the current. If you don't advance, you will retreat.

learning without thinking is useless, and thinking without learning is dangerous.