德薄能鲜 (德薄能鮮)
dé bó néng xiǎn
Pinyin
Definition
德薄能鲜 (德薄能鮮)
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- little virtue and meager abilities (idiom); I'm a humble person and not much use at anything (Song writer Ouyang Xiu 欧阳修)
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
一心一德
- 1 of one heart and one mind (idiom)
不以规矩,不能成方圆
- 1 without rules, nothing can be done (idiom, from Mencius); one must follow some rules
仁义道德
- 1 compassion, duty, propriety and integrity (idiom); all the traditional virtues
- 2 mainly used sarcastically, to mean hypocritical
以德报怨
- 1 to return good for evil (idiom)
- 2 to requite evil with good
以直报怨,以德报德
- 1 to repay kindness with kindness, and repay enmity with justice (idiom, from Analects)