谦 逊

qiānxùn

adjectiveHSK 7-9

“Humble” in Chinese is 谦逊 (qiānxùn).

Meaning

humble
modest
unpretentious

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modesty

Example

过度的谦逊就是骄傲。

Too much humility is pride.

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Characters

qiānHSK 612 strokesmodest xùnHSK 7-99 strokesto abdicate

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