德薄能鲜 — Chinese idiom
德薄能鲜
dé bó néng xiǎn
Traditional: 德薄能鮮
Meaning
- little virtue and meager abilities ; I'm a humble person and not much use at anything (Song writer Ouyang Xiu 欧阳修 (Ōu yáng Xiū))
Character by character
- 德déethics, morality; compassion, kindness
- 薄bóthin, slight; meager, weak; poor, stingy
- 能néngcan, may; capable, full of energy
- 鲜xiǎnfresh; delicious; attractive
Idioms sharing a character
- 一心一德 yī xīn yī dé
- 仁义道德 rén yì dào dé
- 以德报怨 yǐ dé bào yuàn
- 功德圆满 gōng dé yuán mǎn
- 功德无量 gōng dé wú liàng
- 厚德载物 hòu dé zài wù
- 同心同德 tóng xīn tóng dé
- 年高德劭 nián gāo dé shào
- 德才兼备 dé cái jiān bèi
- 德艺双馨 dé yì shuāng xīn
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