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younger brother / junior male / I (modest word in letter)
客气 qi polite / courteous / formal / modest
谦虚 qiān modest / self-effacing / to make modest remarks
emptiness / void / abstract theory or guiding principles / empty or unoccupied / diffident or timid / false / humble or modest / (of health) weak / virtual / in vain
谦逊 qiān xùn humble / modest / unpretentious / modesty
平易近人 píng jìn rén amiable and approachable (idiom); easygoing / modest and unassuming / (of writing) plain and simple / easy to understand
xùn to abdicate / modest / yielding / unpretentious / inferior to / (slang) to suck
qiān modest
to be stupid / to cheat or deceive / me or I (modest)
谦和 qiān meek / modest / amiable
谦恭 qiān gōng polite and modest
戒骄戒躁 jiè jiāo jiè zào to guard against pride and impatience (idiom); to remain modest and keep cool
谦让 qiān ràng to modestly decline
抛砖引玉 pāo zhuān yǐn 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
虚怀若谷 huái ruò receptive as an echoing canyon (idiom); modest and open-minded
自谦 qiān modest / self-deprecating
凡尔赛 Fán ěr sài Versailles (near Paris) / (slang) to humblebrag / ostensibly modest, but in fact boastful
谦辞 qiān humble words / self-deprecatory expression / to modestly decline
深藏若虚 shēn cáng ruò 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
引玉之砖 yǐn 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
本小利微 běn xiǎo wēi (of a small business) to have very little capital and very modest profits
穆索尔斯基 suǒ ěr Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881), Russian composer, composer of Pictures at an Exhibition
从俭 cóng jiǎn economical; modest
谦诚 qiān chéng modest and sincere / humble
谦称 qiān chēng modest appellation


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