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"modest and sincere" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
谦诚 謙誠 qiān chéng modest and sincere / humble
Chinese Pinyin Translation
谦虚 謙虛 qiān xū modest / self-effacing / to make modest remarks syn
平易近人 píng yì jìn rén amiable and approachable (idiom) / easygoing / modest and unassuming / (of writing) plain and simple / easy to understand syn
戒骄戒躁 戒驕戒躁 jiè jiāo jiè zào to guard against pride and impatience (idiom) / to remain modest and keep cool
童叟无欺 童叟無欺 tóng sǒu wú qī cheating neither old nor young (idiom) / treating youngsters and old folk equally scrupulously / Our house offers sincere treatment to all and fair trade to old and young alike. syn
老少无欺 老少無欺 lǎo shào wú qī cheating neither old nor young / treating youngsters and old folk equally scrupulously / Our house offers sincere treatment to all and fair trade to old and young alike. syn
谦恭 謙恭 qiān gōng polite and modest syn
虚怀若谷 虛懷若谷 xū huái ruò gǔ receptive as an echoing canyon (idiom) / modest and open-minded syn
抛砖引玉 拋磚引玉 pāo zhuān yǐn yù lit. throw out a brick and get jade thrown back (idiom) / fig. to attract others' interest or suggestions by putting forward one's own modest ideas to get the ball rolling syn
㧑挹 撝挹 huī yì to be extremely modest and polite
虚心好学 虛心好學 xū xīn hào xué modest and studious (idiom)
逊顺 遜順 xùn shùn modest and obedient / unassuming
本小利微 běn xiǎo lì wēi (of a small business) to have very little capital and very modest profits
语重心长 語重心長 yǔ zhòng xīn cháng meaningful and heartfelt words (idiom) / sincere and earnest wishes syn
忠信 zhōng xìn faithful and honest / loyal and sincere
我醉欲眠 wǒ zuì yù mián lit. I'm drunk and would like to sleep (idiom) / (used to indicate one's sincere and straightforward nature)
客气 客氣 kè qi polite / courteous / formal / modest syn
谦逊 謙遜 qiān xùn humble / modest / unpretentious / modesty syn
谦和 謙和 qiān hé meek / modest / amiable syn
自谦 自謙 zì qiān modest / self-deprecating
凡尔赛 凡爾賽 fán ěr sài Versailles (near Paris) / (slang) to humblebrag / ostensibly modest, but in fact boastful
弟 dì younger brother / junior male / I (modest word in letter) syn
虚 虛 xū emptiness / void / abstract theory or guiding principles / empty or unoccupied / diffident or timid / false / humble or modest / (of health) weak / virtual / in vain syn
逊 遜 xùn to abdicate / modest / yielding / unpretentious / inferior to / (slang) to suck syn
愚 yú to be stupid / to cheat or deceive / me or I (modest) syn
谦 謙 qiān modest syn
引玉之砖 引玉之磚 yǐn yù zhī zhuān lit. a brick thrown to prompt others to produce a jade (idiom) / fig. a modest suggestion intended to prompt others to come forward with better ideas
撝 huī wave, brandish / modest, humble
莫杰斯特 莫傑斯特 mò jié sī tè Modest (name) / Modeste (name)
穆索尔斯基 穆索爾斯基 mù suǒ ěr sī jī Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881), Russian composer, composer of Pictures at an Exhibition
深藏若虚 深藏若虛 shēn cáng ruò xū to hide one's treasure away so that no-one knows about it (idiom) / fig. modest about one's talents / to hide one's light under a bushel syn
谦称 謙稱 qiān chēng modest appellation
谦词 謙詞 qiān cí modest word (grammar)
半瓶水响叮当 半瓶水響叮噹 bàn píng shuǐ xiǎng dīng dāng lit. if you tap a half-empty bottle it makes a sound (idiom) / fig. empty vessels make the most noise / one who has a little knowledge likes to show off, but one who is truly knowledgeable is modest
从俭 從儉 cóng jiǎn economical / modest
卑以自牧 bēi yǐ zì mù (idiom) to conduct oneself humbly / modest
小楼 小樓 xiǎo lóu small multi-story building / modest house with two or more floors
厚道 hòu dao kind and honest / generous / sincere syn
朴实 樸實 pǔ shí plain / simple / guileless / down-to-earth / sincere and honest syn
率真 shuài zhēn frank and sincere / candid syn
勤恳 勤懇 qín kěn diligent and attentive / assiduous / sincere syn
真心实意 真心實意 zhēn xīn shí yì genuine and sincere (idiom) / wholehearted syn
敦厚 dūn hòu genuine / honest and sincere syn
赤子之心 chì zǐ zhī xīn pure and innocent like the heart of a newborn / sincere syn
磊 lěi lumpy / rock pile / uneven / fig. sincere / open and honest
剖肝沥胆 剖肝瀝膽 pōu gān lì dǎn to be completely honest and sincere (idiom)
笃信好学 篤信好學 dǔ xìn hào xué sincere belief and diligent study
精诚所至，金石为开 精誠所至，金石為開 jīng chéng suǒ zhì , jīn shí wèi kāi lit. metal and stone yield to power of sincerity (idiom) / fig. no difficulty is insurmountable if one is sincere
诚朴 誠樸 chéng pǔ simple and sincere syn
诚笃 誠篤 chéng dǔ honest / sincere and serious syn
剖肝沥胆 剖肝瀝膽 pōu gān - lì dǎn (idiom) to be completely honest and sincere
真诚 真誠 zhēn chéng sincere / genuine / true syn
老实 老實 lǎo shi honest / sincere / well-behaved / naive / gullible syn
诚恳 誠懇 chéng kěn sincere / honest / cordial syn
真挚 真摯 zhēn zhì sincere / sincerity syn
虔诚 虔誠 qián chéng pious / devout / sincere syn
真切 zhēn qiè vivid / distinct / clear / sincere / honest syn
由衷 yóu zhōng heartfelt / sincere / unfeigned syn
深切 shēn qiè deeply felt / heartfelt / sincere / honest syn
诚挚 誠摯 chéng zhì sincere / cordial syn
实心 實心 shí xīn sincere / solid syn
至诚 至誠 zhì chéng sincere syn
恳切 懇切 kěn qiè earnest / sincere syn
赤诚 赤誠 chì chéng utterly sincere / wholly devoted syn
谆谆 諄諄 zhūn zhūn earnest / devoted / tireless / sincere / assiduous syn
明志 míng zhì to demonstrate one's sincere convictions
拳拳 quán quán earnest / sincere syn
忠言 zhōng yán sincere advice / heartfelt exhortation syn
耳提面命 ěr tí miàn mìng to give sincere advice (idiom) / to exhort earnestly syn
挚诚 摯誠 zhì chéng sincere syn
笃实 篤實 dǔ shí loyal / sincere / sound syn
真率 zhēn shuài sincere / genuine / straightforward syn
诚 誠 chéng (bound form) sincere / authentic / (literary) really / truly syn
挚 摯 zhì sincere syn
笃 篤 dǔ serious (illness) / sincere / true syn
愫 sù guileless / sincere
谆 諄 zhūn repeatedly (in giving advice) / sincere / earnest / untiring
谌 諶 chén faithful / sincere syn
恂 xún sincere
悃 kǔn sincere syn
禛 zhēn to receive blessings in a sincere spirit
精诚所至 精誠所至 jīng chéng suǒ zhì no difficulty is insurmountable if one is sincere (idiom)
愊 bì melancholy / sincere
亶 dǎn sincere
悾 kōng simple-minded / sincere
慥 zào sincere
勤勤 qín qín attentive / solicitous / earnest / sincere
实意 實意 shí yì sincere / real meaning
恳辞 懇辭 kěn cí to decline with sincere thanks
挚切 摯切 zhì qiè sincere / fervent
真情实意 真情實意 zhēn qíng shí yì out of genuine friendship (idiom) / sincere feelings syn
笃挚 篤摯 dǔ zhì sincere (in friendship) / cordial
好言好语 好言好語 hǎo yán hǎo yǔ sincere, well-meant, kind words
实诚 實誠 shí chéng sincere / honest
情真意切 qíng zhēn - yì qiè (idiom) sincere / heartfelt
真心实意 真心實意 zhēn xīn - shí yì (idiom) genuine / sincere / wholehearted syn
幽明 yōu míng the hidden and the visible / that which can be seen and that which cannot / darkness and light / night and day / wisdom and ignorance / evil and good / the living and the dead / men and ghosts
幽明 yōu - míng the hidden and the visible / that which can be seen and that which cannot / darkness and light / night and day / wisdom and ignorance / evil and good / the living and the dead / men and ghosts
沉浮 chén fú lit. sinking and floating / to bob up and down on water / ebb and flow / fig. rise and fall / ups and downs of fortune / vicissitudes syn
诸子十家 諸子十家 zhū zǐ shí jiā various sages and ten schools of thought / refers to the classical schools of thought, e.g. Confucianism 儒[ru2] represented by Confucius 孔子[Kong3 zi3] and Mencius 孟子[Meng4 zi3], Daoism 道[dao4] by Laozi 老子[Lao3 zi3] and Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3], Mohism 墨[mo4] by Mozi 墨子[Mo4 zi3], Legalism 法[fa3] by Sunzi 孫子|孙子[Sun1 zi3] and Han Feizi 韓非子|韩非子[Han2 Fei1 zi3], and numerous others
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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