Did you mean: modest modeste modestly modestus ?
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谦 |
qiān xùn | humble / modest / unpretentious / modesty |
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收 |
shōu liǎn fēng máng | to draw in one's claws / to show some modesty |
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虚 |
xū xīn shǐ rén jìn bù , jiāo ào shǐ rén luò hòu | modesty leads to progress, arrogance makes you fall behind (quote of Mao Zedong) |
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孔 |
Kǒng Róng ràng lí | Kong Rong giving up pears, classic moral story about Kong Rong 孔融 picking up smaller pears while leaving the bigger ones to his older brothers, still used nowadays to educate the young on courtesy and modesty |
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满 |
mǎn zhāo sǔn , qiān shòu yì | (idiom) complacency leads to loss, modesty brings profit / pride comes before a fall |
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娇 |
jiāo xiū | bashful / shy / shyness / modesty |