谦词 (謙詞)
qiān cí
Pinyin
Definition
谦词 (謙詞)
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- modest word (grammar)
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
Idioms (15)
不以词害志
- 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
包揽词讼
- 1 to canvas for lawsuits (idiom); to practice chicanery
各执一词
- 1 each sticks to his own version (idiom); a dialogue of the deaf
含糊其词
- 1 to equivocate
- 2 to talk evasively (idiom)
强词夺理
- 1 to twist words and force logic (idiom)
- 2 sophistry
- 3 loud rhetoric making up for fallacious argument
- 4 shoving false arguments down people's throats