哪里 哪裡 nǎ lǐ where? / somewhere / anywhere / wherever / nowhere (negative answer to question) / humble expression denying compliment syn 兄弟 xiōng dì brothers / younger brother / CL:個|个[ge4] / I, me (humble term used by men in public speech) / brotherly / fraternal syn 文字 wén zì character / script / writing / written language / writing style / phraseology / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 小弟 xiǎo dì little brother / I, your little brother (humble) syn 卑微 bēi wēi lowly / humble syn 下贱 下賤 xià jiàn humble / lowly / depraved / contemptible syn 小号 小號 xiǎo hào trumpet / small size (clothes etc) / (coll.) a number one / a piss / (humble) our store / alternate account (for an Internet forum etc) 谦卑 謙卑 qiān bēi humble syn 谦逊 謙遜 qiān xùn humble / modest / unpretentious / modesty syn 小女 xiǎo nǚ my daughter (humble) 微微 wēi wēi slight / faint / humble syn 鄙人 bǐ rén your humble servant / I syn 寒舍 hán shè my humble home syn 土包子 tǔ bāo zi country bumpkin / boor / unsophisticated country person (humble, applied to oneself) / burial mound syn 润色 潤色 rùn sè to polish (a piece of writing) / to add a few finishing touches to (a piece of writing, painting etc) syn 在下 zài xià under / myself (humble) syn 低微 dī wēi meager (wages) / humble (social status) / feeble (voice) syn 写法 寫法 xiě fǎ style of writing (literary style) / way of writing a character / spelling 老朽 lǎo xiǔ decrepit and behind the times / old / useless / (humble) I / me (used by the elderly) syn 虚心 虛心 xū xīn open-minded / humble syn 妄自菲薄 wàng zì fěi bó to be unduly humble (idiom) / to undervalue oneself syn 下家 xià jiā player whose turn comes next (in a game) / next one / my humble home syn 绵薄 綿薄 mián bó my humble effort / my meager contribution (humble) syn 见笑 見笑 jiàn xiào to mock / to be ridiculed / to incur ridicule through one's poor performance (humble) syn 蜗居 蝸居 wō jū humble abode / to live (in a tiny, cramped space) syn 笔锋 筆鋒 bǐ fēng the tip of a writing brush / vigor of style in writing / stroke / touch 舍下 shè xià my humble home syn 负荆请罪 負荊請罪 fù jīng qǐng zuì lit. to bring a bramble and ask for punishment (idiom) / fig. to offer sb a humble apology syn 寒微 hán wēi of humble origin syn 不才 bù cái untalented / I / me (humble) syn 浅见 淺見 qiǎn jiàn shallow opinion / humble opinion syn 见教 見教 jiàn jiào I have been enlightened by your teaching (humble) syn 小儿 小兒 xiǎo ér young child / (humble) my son syn 手下留情 shǒu xià liú qíng lit. start off leniently (idiom) / please do not be too strict with me / Do not judge me too harshly. / Look favorably on my humble efforts. syn 小可 xiǎo kě small / unimportant / (polite) my humble person 放低 fàng dī to lower / to be humble 应用文 應用文 yìng yòng wén applied writing / writing for practical purposes (business letters, advertising etc) syn 错爱 錯愛 cuò ài misplaced kindness / humble term: I do not deserve your many kindnesses. 贫僧 貧僧 pín sēng poor monk (humble term used by monk of himself) 硬笔 硬筆 yìng bǐ generic term for hard writing instruments such as quill pens, fountain pens, ball pens and pencils, as opposed to writing brushes 小犬 xiǎo quǎn puppy / my son (humble) 小家碧玉 xiǎo jiā bì yù pretty daughter in a humble family syn 甘拜下风 甘拜下風 gān bài xià fēng to step down gracefully (humble expression) / to concede defeat / to play second fiddle syn 愚见 愚見 yú jiàn my humble opinion 寒门 寒門 hán mén poor and humble family / my family (humble) syn 刍议 芻議 chú yì lit. grass-cutter's comment (humble) / fig. my observation as a humble layman / my humble opinion 才疏学浅 才疏學淺 cái shū xué qiǎn (humble expr.) of humble talent and shallow learning (idiom) / Pray forgive my ignorance,... syn 拙见 拙見 zhuō jiàn my unworthy opinion (humble expr.) syn 柴门 柴門 chái mén lit. woodcutter's family / humble background / poor family background syn 拙政园 拙政園 zhuō zhèng yuán Humble Administrator's Garden in Suzhou, Jiangsu 菲薄 fěi bó humble / meager / thin / to despise syn 菲 fěi poor / humble / unworthy / radish (old) syn 贱 賤 jiàn inexpensive / lowly / despicable / (bound form) (humble) my syn 窃 竊 qiè to steal / secretly / (humble) I 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 受宠若惊 受寵若驚 shòu chǒng ruò jīng overwhelmed by favor from superior (humble expr.) syn 卑 bēi low / base / vulgar / inferior / humble syn 翰 hàn writing brush / writing / pen syn 蓬荜生辉 蓬蓽生輝 péng bì shēng huī Your presence brings light to my humble dwelling / see also 蓬蓽生光|蓬荜生光[peng2 bi4 sheng1 guang1] 薄礼 薄禮 bó lǐ my meager gift (humble) syn 微贱 微賤 wēi jiàn humble / lowly syn 管见 管見 guǎn jiàn my limited view (lit. view through a thin tube) / my limited understanding / my opinion (humble) syn 敬祝 jìng zhù to offer humbly (written at the end of letter to sb of higher status) / your humble servant 陋 lòu low / humble / plain / ugly / mean / vulgar syn 舍弟 shè dì my younger brother (humble term) 拙荆 拙荊 zhuō jīng my wife (humble) syn 不亢不卑 bù kàng bù bēi neither haughty nor humble / neither overbearing nor servile / neither supercilious nor obsequious syn 失迎 shī yíng failure to meet / (humble language) I'm sorry not to have come to meet you personally syn 谦辞 謙辭 qiān cí humble words / self-deprecatory expression / to modestly decline 猥 wěi humble / rustic / plentiful syn 眇 miǎo blind in one eye / blind / tiny / humble / to stare syn 管 guǎn to take care (of) / to control / to manage / to be in charge of / to look after / to run / to care about / tube / pipe / woodwind / classifier for tube-shaped objects / particle similar to 把[ba3] in 管...叫 constructions / writing brush / (coll.) to / towards syn 什 shí ten (used in fractions, writing checks etc) / assorted / miscellaneous syn 文 wén language / culture / writing / formal / literary / gentle / (old) classifier for coins / Kangxi radical 67 syn 写作 寫作 xiě zuò to write / to compose / writing / written works syn 笔记 筆記 bǐ jì to take down (in writing) / notes / a type of literature consisting mainly of short sketches / CL:本[ben3] syn 海选 海選 hǎi xuǎn (in elections for village committees in the PRC since the 1990s) unrestricted nomination, a type of election where 1. everyone in the community is eligible to nominate somebody 2. voting is done by writing the name of one's nominee on the ballot, and 3. one's nominee can be anyone in the community (Nominees who receive the highest number of votes may be thereby elected or, more often, presented as the candidates in a further round of voting.) / (in other contexts) selection of the best contender in a process open to all comers / (in the entertainment industry) open audition 抬头 抬頭 tái tóu to raise one's head / to gain ground / account name, or space for writing the name on checks, bills etc syn 书面 書面 shū miàn in writing / written syn 流畅 流暢 liú chàng flowing (of speech, writing) / fluent / smooth and easy syn 遗书 遺書 yí shū posthumous writing / testament / suicide note / ancient literature syn 笔录 筆錄 bǐ lù to put down in writing / to take down notes / transcript / record syn 投稿 tóu gǎo to submit articles for publication / to contribute (writing) 脱落 脫落 tuō luò to drop off / to fall off / (of hair, teeth etc) to fall out / to omit (a character when writing) 抨击 抨擊 pēng jī to attack (verbally or in writing) syn 复古 復古 fù gǔ to return to old ways (a Confucian aspiration) / to turn back the clock / neoclassical school during Tang and Song associated with classical writing 古文 / retro (fashion style based on nostalgia, esp. for 1960s) syn 累赘 纍贅 léi zhuì superfluous / cumbersome / a burden on sb / a nuisance to sb / to inconvenience / to tie sb down / long-winded (of writing) / also pr. [lei2 zhui5] syn 碉堡 diāo bǎo (military) pillbox / blockhouse / humorous way of writing 屌爆[diao3bao4] syn 严谨 嚴謹 yán jǐn rigorous / strict / careful / (of writing) well organized / meticulous syn 致辞 致辭 zhì cí to express in words or writing / to make a speech (esp. short introduction, vote of thanks, afterword, funeral homily etc) / to address (an audience) / same as 致詞|致词 syn 冗长 冗長 rǒng cháng long and tedious / redundant / superfluous / supernumerary / verbose (of writing) syn 篇章 piān zhāng chapter / section (of a written work) / passage of writing / (fig.) chapter (in the history of sth) syn 精炼 精煉 jīng liàn to refine (a substance) / to purify / to refine (one's skills, writing etc) / refined / polished / succinct / skilled / capable syn 文思 wén sī the train of thought in writing syn 通畅 通暢 tōng chàng unobstructed / clear / (of writing or thinking) coherent / fluent 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 体统 體統 tǐ tǒng decorum / propriety / arrangement or form (of piece of writing) syn 繁文缛节 繁文縟節 fán wén rù jié convoluted and overelaborate (document) / unnecessarily elaborate writing / mumbo-jumbo syn 