谦辞
qiān cí
Pinyin

Definition

谦辞
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qiān cí
  1. humble words
  2. self-deprecatory expression
  3. to modestly decline

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

言辞
yán cí
  1. 1 words
  2. 2 expression
  3. 3 what one says
谦卑
qiān bēi
  1. 1 humble
谦虚
qiān xū
  1. 1 modest
  2. 2 self-effacing
  3. 3 to make modest remarks
谦让
qiān ràng
  1. 1 to modestly decline
辞
cí
  1. 1 to resign
  2. 2 to dismiss
  3. 3 to decline
  4. 4 to take leave
  5. 5 ballad (archaic poetic genre)
  6. 6 variant of 詞|词[cí]
辞去
cí qù
  1. 1 to resign
  2. 2 to quit
辞职
cí zhí
  1. 1 to resign
不辞而别
bù cí ér bié
  1. 1 to leave without saying good-bye
修辞
xiū cí
  1. 1 rhetoric
推辞
tuī cí
  1. 1 to decline (an appointment, invitation etc)
措辞
cuò cí
  1. 1 wording
  2. 2 way of expressing something
  3. 3 turn of phrase
  4. 4 diction
义不容辞
yì bù róng cí
  1. 1 not to be shirked without dishonor (idiom)
  2. 2 incumbent
  3. 3 bounden (duty)
自谦
zì qiān
  1. 1 modest
  2. 2 self-deprecating
致辞
zhì cí
  1. 1 to express in words or writing
  2. 2 to make a speech (esp. short introduction, vote of thanks, afterword, funeral homily etc)
  3. 3 to address (an audience)
  4. 4 same as 致詞|致词
说辞
shuō cí
  1. 1 excuse
  2. 2 pretext
  3. 3 entreaties
  4. 4 arguments
请辞
qǐng cí
  1. 1 to ask sb to resign from a post
谦
qiān
  1. 1 modest
谦和
qiān hé
  1. 1 meek
  2. 2 modest
  3. 3 amiable
谦恭
qiān gōng
  1. 1 polite and modest
谦词
qiān cí
  1. 1 modest word (grammar)

Idioms (11)

一辞莫赞
yī cí mò zàn
  1. 1 left speechless by sth perfect (idiom)
不以辞害志
bù yǐ cí hài zhì
  1. 1 don't let rhetoric spoil the message (idiom); don't get carried away with flowery speech to the detriment of what you want to say
在所不辞
zài suǒ bù cí
  1. 1 not to refuse to (idiom)
  2. 2 not to hesitate to
大放厥辞
dà fàng jué cí
  1. 1 great release of talk (idiom); to spout nonsense
振振有辞
zhèn zhèn yǒu cí
  1. 1 to speak forcefully and with justice (idiom); to argue with the courage of one's convictions
  2. 2 also written 振振有詞|振振有词
欲加之罪，何患无辞
yù jiā zhī zuì , hé huàn wú cí
  1. 1 If you want to condemn sb, don't worry about the pretext (idiom, from Zuozhuan 左傳|左传); one can always trump up a charge against sb
  2. 2 Give a dog a bad name, then hang him.
满招损，谦受益
mǎn zhāo sǔn , qiān shòu yì
  1. 1 (idiom) complacency leads to loss, modesty brings profit
  2. 2 pride comes before a fall
义不容辞
yì bù róng cí
  1. 1 not to be shirked without dishonor (idiom)
  2. 2 incumbent
  3. 3 bounden (duty)
义正辞严
yì zhèng cí yán
  1. 1 to speak forcibly out of a sense of righteousness (idiom)
万死不辞
wàn sǐ bù cí
  1. 1 ten thousand deaths will not prevent me (idiom); ready to risk life and limb to help out
难辞其咎
nán cí qí jiù
  1. 1 cannot escape censure (idiom)
  2. 2 has to bear the blame

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