忝竊
tiǎn​qiè

to take the liberty

  • created sense approved 忝窃/忝竊 · tiǎn​qiè · to take the liberty — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    忝窃 / 忝竊

    tiǎn​qiè

    to take the liberty

    (literary) used to humbly express that one does not deserve the fame, profit, or status one has achieved; to have the honor of being in a position or sharing a title beyond one's merit

    忝 (literal) → 忝 · tiǎn · [humble] 窃 (literal) → 窃/竊 · qiè · to usurp

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

    created sense