谦逊 (謙遜)
qiān xùn
Pinyin

Definition

谦逊 (謙遜)
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qiān xùn
  1. humble
  2. modest
  3. unpretentious
  4. modesty

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

亚马逊
Yà mǎ xùn
  1. 1 Amazon
杰克逊
Jié kè xùn
  1. 1 Jackson (name)
  2. 2 Jackson city, capital of Mississippi
谦卑
qiān bēi
  1. 1 humble
谦虚
qiān xū
  1. 1 modest
  2. 2 self-effacing
  3. 3 to make modest remarks
谦让
qiān ràng
  1. 1 to modestly decline

Idioms (3)

毫无逊色
háo wú xùn sè
  1. 1 not in the least inferior (idiom)
满招损，谦受益
mǎn zhāo sǔn , qiān shòu yì
  1. 1 (idiom) complacency leads to loss, modesty brings profit
  2. 2 pride comes before a fall
随波逊流
suí bō xùn liú
  1. 1 to drift with the waves and yield to the flow (idiom); to follow the crowd blindly

Sample Sentences

可不是嘛，不要拿别人的错误惩罚自己，谦逊不是无原则的退让而是有风度地坚持底线，宝贝你最棒了！
kěbushì ma ，bù yào ná biérén de cuòwù chéngfá zìjǐ ，qiānxùn bùshì wú yuánzé de tuìràng érshì yǒu fēngdù de jiānchí dǐxiàn ，bǎobèir nǐ zuìbàng le ！
That's right. Don't punish yourself for other people's mistakes. Modesty is not just yielding to others without any principle, but rather it is insisting on a base line. You're really the best, baby!
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哪里哪里，您是青年才俊，才华横溢却又谦逊有礼，来，为这次成功，这杯酒敬你！
nǎli nǎli ，nín shì qīngniáncáijùn ，cáihuá héngyì què yòu qiānxùn yǒulǐ ，lái ，wèi zhècì chénggōng ，zhè bēi jiǔ jìng nǐ ！
No, no, you're a fantastic young achiever. Despite your cup running over with talent, you're still modest and polite. Come, I'll raise a toast to your success!
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