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"modesty" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
谦逊 謙遜 qiān xùn humble / modest / unpretentious / modesty syn
娇羞 嬌羞 jiāo xiū bashful / shy / shyness / modesty syn
Chinese Pinyin Translation
满招损，谦受益 滿招損，謙受益 mǎn zhāo sǔn , qiān shòu yì (idiom) complacency leads to loss, modesty brings profit / pride comes before a fall
虚心使人进步，骄傲使人落后 虛心使人進步，驕傲使人落後 xū xīn shǐ rén jìn bù , jiāo ào shǐ rén luò hòu modesty leads to progress, arrogance makes you fall behind (quote of Mao Zedong)
男女隔离公共汽车 男女隔離公共汽車 modesty bus
收敛锋芒 收斂鋒芒 shōu liǎn fēng máng to draw in one's claws / to show some modesty
孔融让梨 孔融讓梨 kǒng róng ràng lí Kong Rong giving up pears, classic moral story about Kong Rong 孔融[Kong3 Rong2] picking up smaller pears while leaving the bigger ones to his older brothers, still used nowadays to educate the young on courtesy and modesty
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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