靡恃己長
mí shì jǐ cháng
"do not rely on one's own merits"
Just as one shouldn't talk too much shit about others, one shouldn't think too much of oneself, no matter how skilled or talented one might be.
The characters used for "shortcomings" (短) and "merits"(長) mean, among other things, "short" and "long," respectively. When used together in modern Chinese, 長短 can mean "length," as well as "right and wrong" or "good and evil." The use of two antonymous characters to express the concept that connects them is pretty common in Chinese.
微臣
史大偉
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