菲薄
fěi bó
Pinyin

Definition

菲薄
 - 
fěi bó
  1. humble
  2. meager
  3. thin
  4. to despise

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

微薄
wēi bó
  1. 1 scanty
  2. 2 meager
王菲
Wáng Fēi
  1. 1 Faye Wong (1969-), Hong Kong pop star and actress
薄
Bó
  1. 1 surname Bo
刻薄
kè bó
  1. 1 unkind
  2. 2 harsh
  3. 3 cutting
  4. 4 mean
  5. 5 acrimony
  6. 6 to embezzle by making illegal deductions
加菲猫
Jiā fēi māo
  1. 1 Garfield (comic strip cat created by Jim Davis)

Idioms (15)

刻薄寡恩
kè bó guǎ ēn
  1. 1 harsh and merciless (idiom)
厚古薄今
hòu gǔ bó jīn
  1. 1 to revere the past and neglect the present (idiom)
厚死薄生
hòu sǐ bó shēng
  1. 1 lit. to praise the dead and revile the living
  2. 2 fig. to live in the past (idiom)
厚积薄发
hòu jī bó fā
  1. 1 lit. to have accumulated knowledge and deliver it slowly (idiom)
  2. 2 good preparation is the key to success
  3. 3 to be well prepared
喷薄欲出
pēn bó yù chū
  1. 1 to be on the verge of eruption (idiom)
  2. 2 (of the sun) to emerge in all its brilliance

Sample Sentences

你也别太妄自菲薄了，其实这只是一个文字游戏，很多中国人也读不准确呢。
nǐ yě bié tài wàngzìfěibó le ，qíshí zhè zhǐshì yī ge wénzìyóuxì ，hěn duō zhōngguórén yě dú bù zhǔnquè ne 。
Don't underestimate yourself. Actually, this is just a word game. A lot of Chinese people wouldn't be able to read it correctly.
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