qǐ​gǎn

how dare

  • created sense approved 岂敢/豈敢 · qǐ​gǎn · how dare — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    岂敢 / 豈敢

    qǐ​gǎn

    how dare

    Used as a rhetorical question to express that one would not dare to do something; how could one dare.

    岂 (literal) → 岂/豈 · qǐ · how 敢 (literal) → 敢 · gǎn · to dare

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    created sense

  • created sense approved 岂敢/豈敢 · qǐ​gǎn · I don't deserve it — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    岂敢 / 豈敢

    qǐ​gǎn

    I don't deserve it

    Used as a polite reply to a compliment or honor to express humility; you flatter me.

    岂 (literal) → 岂/豈 · qǐ · how 敢 (literal) → 敢 · gǎn · [polite]

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

    created sense