{"path":"/entry/29909","title":"妄自菲薄 (wàng zì fěi bó) — Chinese Dictionary | Flashbao","description":"妄自菲薄 (wàng zì fěi bó): to be unduly humble (idiom). Explore meanings, example sentences and vocabulary decks.","catalog":null,"deck":null,"entry":{"reading":{"id":29909,"orthography":{"forms":{"SIMPLIFIED":["妄自菲薄"],"TRADITIONAL":["妄自菲薄"]}},"phonetic":"wàng zì fěi bó","phoneticKey":"wang4 zi4 fei3 bo2","meanings":{"primary":[{"qualifier":null,"synonyms":[{"segments":[{"dim":false,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"to be unduly humble ","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]},{"dim":true,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"(idiom)","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]}]}]},{"qualifier":null,"synonyms":[{"segments":[{"dim":false,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"to undervalue oneself","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]}]}]}],"additional":[],"notes":[],"variantMeanings":[]},"classifiers":[],"pos":["VERB"],"frequency":38524,"grammar":[],"spokenPhonetic":null},"otherReadings":[],"examples":[],"carriedReadings":[{"orthography":{"forms":{"SIMPLIFIED":["菲"],"TRADITIONAL":["菲"]}},"phonetic":"fěi","primaryPhonetic":"fēi"},{"orthography":{"forms":{"SIMPLIFIED":["薄"],"TRADITIONAL":["薄"]}},"phonetic":"bó","primaryPhonetic":"báo"}],"constructions":[],"status":null,"due":null,"reps":null,"lapses":null,"lastReview":null,"senses":[],"origins":[{"literal":null,"content":[{"type":"paragraph","text":{"simplified":"First attested in 227, in Chu Shi Biao by Zhuge Liang","traditional":null}}],"examples":[{"text":{"simplified":"诚宜开张圣听，以光先帝遗德，恢弘志士之气，不宜妄自菲薄，引喻失义，以塞忠谏之路也。","traditional":"誠宜開張聖聽，以光先帝遺德，恢弘志士之氣，不宜妄自菲薄，引喻失義，以塞忠諫之路也。"},"phonetic":"Chéng yí kāizhāng shèng tīng, yǐ guāng xiāndì yídé, huīhóng zhìshì zhī qì, bùyí wàng zì fěibó, yǐnyù shī yì, yǐ sè zhōngjiàn zhī lù yě.","english":"Surely, you should lend a sage ear to a broad range of opinions so as to bring further glory to the virtue of the late emperor and enhance the morale of those patriots in the field. You should not be excessively modest or go wrong in following advice lest you block the channel of loyal criticism.","ref":"227, 諸葛亮 (Zhūgě Liàng), 出師表"}],"senseScoped":false}],"decks":[{"id":27,"sourceName":"Chengyu","name":"Chengyu"}],"vocabularyScale":null,"vocabularyLevel":null}}