1 lowly

2 humble

1 root

2 basis

3 classifier for long slender objects, e.g. cigarettes, guitar strings

4 classifier: 条 tiáo

5 radical (chemistry)

1 according to

2 based on

3 basis

4 foundation

5 classifier: 个 gè

1 fundamental

2 basic

3 root

4 simply

5 absolutely (not)

6 (not) at all

7 classifier: 个 gè

1 feeling inferior

2 self-abased

1 neither servile nor overbearing (idiom)

2 neither obsequious nor supercilious

1 to dig up roots and inquire at the base (idiom); to get to the bottom of sth

1 lit. cut grass and pull out roots (idiom); fig. to destroy root and branch

2 to eradicate

1 my opinion, nothing very involved (idiom, humble expression); my humble point is a familiar opinion

2 what I say is really nothing out of the ordinary

1 my opinion, nothing very involved (idiom, humble expression); my humble point is a familiar opinion

2 what I say is really nothing out of the ordinary