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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *弟* | 弟* | *弟
younger brother / junior male / I (modest word in letter)
HSK 1
polite / courteous / formal / modest
HSK 5
modest / self-effacing / to make modest remarks
HSK 6
humble / modest / unpretentious / modesty
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *虚* | 虚* | *虚
emptiness / void / abstract theory or guiding principles / empty or unoccupied / diffident or timid / false / humble or modest / (of health) weak / virtual / in vain
HSK 7-9
to be extremely modest and polite
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *谦* | 谦* | *谦
modest
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *逊* | 逊* | *逊
to abdicate / modest / yielding / unpretentious / inferior to / (slang) to suck
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *愚* | 愚* | *愚
to be stupid / to cheat or deceive / me or I (modest)
Versailles (near Paris) / (slang) to humblebrag / ostensibly modest, but in fact boastful
meek / modest / amiable
amiable and approachable (idiom); easygoing / modest and unassuming / (of writing) plain and simple / easy to understand
to modestly decline
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
small multi-story building; modest house with two or more floors
economical; modest
receptive as an echoing canyon (idiom); modest and open-minded
humble words / self-deprecatory expression / to modestly decline
modest / self-deprecating
Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881), Russian composer, composer of Pictures at an Exhibition
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
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
modest and sincere / humble
(of a small business) to have very little capital and very modest profits
modest appellation
to guard against pride and impatience (idiom); to remain modest and keep cool
modest and obedient / unassuming
Modest (name) / Modeste (name)
modest and studious (idiom)
(idiom) to conduct oneself humbly; modest
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
polite and modest
modest word (grammar)


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