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where? / somewhere / anywhere / wherever / nowhere (negative answer to question) / humble expression denying compliment / also written 哪裡|哪里
HSK 1
where? / somewhere / anywhere / wherever / nowhere (negative answer to question) / humble expression denying compliment
HSK 1
brothers / younger brother / CL: 個|个 / I, me (humble term used by men in public speech) / brotherly / fraternal
HSK 4
open-minded / humble
HSK 5
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  *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
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  *贱* | 贱* | *贱
inexpensive / lowly / despicable / (bound form) (humble) my
HSK 7-9
person of low social status (old) / I, me (used to refer humbly to oneself) / nasty person / vile character
HSK 7-9
humble / modest / unpretentious / modesty
HSK 7-9
young child / (humble) my son
slight / faint / humble
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  *陋* | 陋* | *陋
low / humble / plain / ugly / mean / vulgar
under / myself (humble)
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  *菲* | 菲* | *菲
poor / humble / unworthy / radish (old)
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  *窃* | 窃* | *窃
to steal / secretly / (humble) I
humble abode / to live (in a tiny, cramped space)
little brother / I, your little brother (humble)
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  *卑* | 卑* | *卑
low / base / vulgar / inferior / humble
(my inferior) wine (humble term used by a host)
small / unimportant / (polite) my humble person
my wife (humble)
decrepit and behind the times; old; useless / (humble) I; me (used by the elderly)
shallow opinion / humble opinion
lit. to bring a bramble and ask for punishment (idiom) / fig. to offer sb a humble apology
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  *猥* | 猥* | *猥
humble / rustic / plentiful
untalented / I / me (humble)
my humble effort / my meager contribution (humble)
pretty daughter in a humble family
lowly / humble
humble / lowly / depraved / contemptible
lowly; humble / cheap; inexpensive
poor monk (humble term used by monk of himself)
player whose turn comes next (in a game) / next one / my humble home
(literary) (humble) my son
your humble servant / I
(old) your servant (humble self-reference by young female)
misplaced kindness / humble term: I do not deserve your many kindnesses.
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  *眇* | 眇* | *眇
blind in one eye / blind / tiny / humble / to stare
humble
poor and humble family / my family (humble)
to be unduly humble (idiom) / to undervalue oneself
austere / humble
to apologize humbly / to beg forgiveness
overwhelmed by favor from superior (humble expr.)
to step down gracefully (humble expression) / to concede defeat / to play second fiddle
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.
lit. woodcutter's family / humble background / poor family background
meager (wages) / humble (social status) / feeble (voice)
my daughter (humble)
lit. grass-cutter's comment (humble); fig. my observation as a humble layman / my humble opinion
poor person's house / humble home
of humble origin
my humble home
(humble expr.) of humble talent and shallow learning (idiom); Pray forgive my ignorance,...
my meager gift (humble)
to mock / to be ridiculed / to incur ridicule through one's poor performance (humble)
my meager sensibilities / blushing face / please do it for my sake (i.e. to save my face)(humble)
humble words / self-deprecatory expression / to modestly decline
humble / meager / thin / to despise
humble / lowly
(idiom) (humble expression) my presumptuous request
feelings of the masses / my situation (humble speech)
my limited view (lit. view through a thin tube) / my limited understanding / my opinion (humble)
my humble home
my humble opinion
to offer humbly (written at the end of letter to sb of higher status); your humble servant
I have been enlightened by your teaching (humble)
my wife (humble)
my clumsy writing (humble expr.) / my humble pen
one's limited power (humble expr.)
my wife (humble)
a thousand tries leads to one success (idiom, humble expr.); Even without any notable ability on my part, I may still get it right sometimes by good luck.
(humble expression) to participate (in sth); to play a humble role in
neither haughty nor humble / neither overbearing nor servile / neither supercilious nor obsequious
failure to meet / (humble language) I'm sorry not to have come to meet you personally
to accept a position on a provisional basis, in the absence of better qualified candidates (humble expr.)
to bow respectfully with clasped hands / to beg humbly
my unworthy opinion (humble expr.)
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  *㧑* | 㧑* | *㧑
to split / to direct / to brandish / humble
to accept criticism gladly (humble expr.) / to be happy when one's errors are pointed out
modest and sincere / humble
my younger brother (humble term)
overgrown gate, wicker windows (idiom); poor person's house / humble home
thatched house, broken urn windows (idiom); poor person's house / humble home
little virtue and meager abilities (idiom); I'm a humble person and not much use at anything (Song writer Ouyang Xiu 歐陽修|欧阳修)
my unworthy manuscript (humble expr.) / my humble writing
humble expression
my unworthy writing (humble expr.) / my worthless manuscript
puppy / my son (humble)
alone and poor / humble / (Cantonese) miserly
to make a humble apology (formal writing)
my son-in-law (humble) / I (spoken to parents-in-law)
country bumpkin / boor / unsophisticated country person (humble, applied to oneself) / burial mound
this small official / humble servant
without eloquence / untalented / I, me (humble)
my humble opinion
humble / petty / crude
(humble) the poor food I offer you; my inadequate hospitality
humble dwelling
my unworthy manuscript (humble expr.) / my humble writing
humble abode

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