谦词 (謙詞)
qiān cí
Pinyin

Definition

谦词 (謙詞)
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qiān cí
  1. modest word (grammar)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

dān cí
  1. 1 word
  2. 2 classifier: 个 gè
gē cí
  1. 1 song lyric
  2. 2 lyrics
tái cí
  1. 1 an actor's lines
  2. 2 dialogue
  3. 3 Taiwanese word
  1. 1 word
  2. 2 statement
  3. 3 speech
  4. 4 lyrics
  5. 5 classifier: 组 zǔ
  6. 6 classifier: 个 gè
  7. 7 a form of lyric poetry, flourishing in the Song dynasty 宋朝|宋朝[Sòng cháo]
  8. 8 classifier: 首 shǒu
cí huì
  1. 1 variant: 词汇 cí huì

Idioms (15)

不以词害志
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
包揽词讼
bāo lǎn cí sòng
  1. 1 to canvas for lawsuits (idiom); to practice chicanery
各执一词
gè zhí yī cí
  1. 1 each sticks to his own version (idiom); a dialogue of the deaf
含糊其词
hán hú qí cí
  1. 1 to equivocate
  2. 2 to talk evasively (idiom)
强词夺理
qiǎng cí duó lǐ
  1. 1 to twist words and force logic (idiom)
  2. 2 sophistry
  3. 3 loud rhetoric making up for fallacious argument
  4. 4 shoving false arguments down people's throats