bù​jīn​bù​fá

modest

  • created sense approved 不矜不伐 · bù​jīn​bù​fá · modest — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    不矜不伐

    bù​jīn​bù​fá

    modest

    Describes a person who is modest and does not boast about their own achievements; neither showing arrogance nor singing one's own praise.

    不 (literal) → 不 · bù · not 矜 (literal) → 矜 · jīn · to boast 不 (literal) → 不 · bù · not 伐 (literal) → 伐 · fá · to boast

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense