自惭形秽
zì​cán​xíng​huì

to feel inferior

  • created reference approved 自惭形秽/自慚形穢 → 自觉形秽/自覺形穢 (same_as) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    自惭形秽 / 自慚形穢 zì​cán​xíng​huì

    自觉形秽 / 自覺形穢 zì​jué​xíng​huì

    same_as

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

    created reference

  • created sense approved 自惭形秽/自慚形穢 · zì​cán​xíng​huì · to feel inferior — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    自惭形秽 / 自慚形穢

    zì​cán​xíng​huì

    to feel inferior

    (idiom) to feel inadequate or ashamed compared to others; originally used to describe feeling ashamed of one's own physical appearance or behavior compared to someone else's

    自 (literal) → 自 · zì · self 惭 (literal) → 惭/慚 · cán · ashamed 形秽 (literal) → 形秽/形穢 · xíng​huì · to feel unworthy

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

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