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where? / somewhere / anywhere / wherever / nowhere (negative answer to question) / humble expression denying compliment
HSK 1
where? / somewhere / anywhere / wherever / nowhere (negative answer to question) / humble expression denying compliment / also written 哪裡|哪里
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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  *虛* | 虛* | *虛
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
person of low social status (old) / I, me (used to refer humbly to oneself) / nasty person / vile character
HSK 7-9
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  *賤* | 賤* | *賤
inexpensive / lowly / despicable / (bound form) (humble) my
HSK 7-9
humble / modest / unpretentious / modesty
HSK 7-9
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  *竊* | 竊* | *竊
to steal / secretly / (humble) I
to mock / to be ridiculed / to incur ridicule through one's poor performance (humble)
my humble home
young child / (humble) my son
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  *菲* | 菲* | *菲
poor / humble / unworthy / radish (old)
slight / faint / humble
trumpet / small size (clothes etc) / (coll.) a number one; a piss / (humble) our store / alternate account (for an Internet forum etc)
little brother / I, your little brother (humble)
my daughter (humble)
small / unimportant / (polite) my humble person
(coll.) young child; the little one(s) of the family / (old) (humble) I; me; my (used by a commoner when speaking to an official)
puppy / my son (humble)
under / myself (humble)
poor and humble family / my family (humble)
lowly / humble
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  *陋* | 陋* | *陋
low / humble / plain / ugly / mean / vulgar
my humble opinion
decrepit and behind the times; old; useless / (humble) I; me (used by the elderly)
this small official / humble servant
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  *卑* | 卑* | *卑
low / base / vulgar / inferior / humble
lowly; humble / cheap; inexpensive
humble
poor monk (humble term used by monk of himself)
country bumpkin / boor / unsophisticated country person (humble, applied to oneself) / burial mound
humble / lowly / depraved / contemptible
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.
humble abode / to live (in a tiny, cramped space)
(idiom) (humble expression) my presumptuous request
(idiom) to get off one's high horse; to dispense with posturing (and adopt a more humble or empathetic attitude)
lit. to bring a bramble and ask for punishment (idiom) / fig. to offer sb a humble apology
Your presence brings light to my humble dwelling / see also 蓬蓽生光|蓬荜生光
my wife (humble)
to step down gracefully (humble expression) / to concede defeat / to play second fiddle
my son-in-law (humble) / I (spoken to parents-in-law)
my humble effort / my meager contribution (humble)
my meager gift (humble)
lit. grass-cutter's comment (humble); fig. my observation as a humble layman / my humble opinion
untalented / I / me (humble) / also written 不才
my wife (humble)
my wife (humble)
shallow opinion / humble opinion
misplaced kindness / humble term: I do not deserve your many kindnesses.
Yesou Puyan or Humble Words of a Rustic Elder, monumental Qing novel by Xia Jingqu 夏敬渠
modest and sincere / humble
overwhelmed by favor from superior (humble expr.)
humble / lowly
alone and poor / humble / (Cantonese) miserly
austere / humble
my unworthy opinion (humble expr.)
(humble expr.) of humble talent and shallow learning (idiom); Pray forgive my ignorance,...
my limited view (lit. view through a thin tube) / my limited understanding / my opinion (humble)
untalented / I / me (humble)
without eloquence / untalented / I, me (humble)
I have been enlightened by your teaching (humble)
to apologize humbly / to beg forgiveness
(my) humble opinion / humble idea
player whose turn comes next (in a game) / next one / my humble home
humble / petty / crude
(idiom) to conduct oneself humbly; modest
(old) your servant (humble self-reference by young female)
poor person's house / humble home
to offer humbly (written at the end of letter to sb of higher status); your humble servant
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  *猥* | 猥* | *猥
humble / rustic / plentiful
to accept criticism gladly (humble expr.) / to be happy when one's errors are pointed out
(humble expression) to participate (in sth); to play a humble role in
to not be wiser despite being older / (humble) to be older than (you) by
one's limited power (humble expr.)
meager (wages) / humble (social status) / feeble (voice)
(literary) (humble) my son
wilderness / bushy and weedy / humble / inferior
(humble) the poor food I offer you; my inadequate hospitality
my meager sensibilities / blushing face / please do it for my sake (i.e. to save my face)(humble)
pretty daughter in a humble family
lit. woodcutter's family / humble background / poor family background
to be unduly humble (idiom) / to undervalue oneself
neither haughty nor humble / neither overbearing nor servile / neither supercilious nor obsequious
my clumsy writing (humble expr.) / my humble pen
humble abode
my unworthy manuscript (humble expr.) / my humble writing
feelings of the masses / my situation (humble speech)
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.
to bow respectfully with clasped hands / to beg humbly
of humble origin
small skill / my humble capabilities
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 humble home
my younger brother (humble term)
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  *眇* | 眇* | *眇
blind in one eye / blind / tiny / humble / to stare
your humble servant / I
overgrown gate, wicker windows (idiom); poor person's house / humble home
humble words / self-deprecatory expression / to modestly decline
meager skill / my poor talents (humble)

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