献芹
xiàn​qín

my humble gift

  • created reference approved 献芹/獻芹 → 芹献/芹獻 (same_as) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    献芹 / 獻芹 xiàn​qín

    芹献 / 芹獻 qín​xiàn

    same_as

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 献芹/獻芹 · xiàn​qín · my humble gift — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    献芹 / 獻芹

    xiàn​qín

    my humble gift

    (literary) a humble expression used to describe one's own gift as meager or one's own advice as shallow; based on the metaphor of offering wild celery

    献 (literal) → 献/獻 · xiàn · to offer 芹 (literal) → 芹 · qín · [humility]

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

    created sense