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谦逊 qiān xùn humble / modest / unpretentious / modesty
娇羞 jiāo xiū bashful / shy / shyness / modesty
孔融让梨 Kǒng Róng ràng 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
满招损,谦受益 mǎn zhāo sǔn , qiān shòu (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 xīn shǐ rén jìn , jiāo ào shǐ rén luò hòu modesty leads to progress, arrogance makes you fall behind (quote of Mao Zedong)
收敛锋芒 shōu liǎn fēng máng to draw in one's claws / to show some modesty


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