DictionaryCommon words謙遜

WordTOCFL Level 5stative verb (adj.)Taiwan frequency #18,340

謙遜

qiānxùn

“humble; modest; unpretentious; showing modesty and courtesy.”

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qiān·ㄑㄧㄢ

Modest; humble; not boastful; also a hexagram in the Book of Changes.

xùn·ㄒㄩㄣˋ

modest; yielding; unpretentious; to abdicate; inferior to; to suck (slang); to escape; to retreat; poor quality