谦谦君子qiān qiān jūn zǐa modest,self-dis ciplined gentleman.
❍ 彼系开国功臣，而不居功自傲，～也。 He was a hero in the founding of the empire but he did not claim credit for himself and became arrogant. What a modest gentleman he was!/～，卑以自牧也。(《周易·谦》) The superior man who adds humility to humility is one who nourishes his virtue in lowliness. 谦谦君子qian qian jun zi❶a modest and self-disciplined gentleman
❷hypocrite who pretends to be modest 谦谦君子qiān qiān jūn zǐ谦谦：谦逊的样子。指谦虚而严于律己的人。a hypocritically modest person, modest gentleman; a modest self-disciplined gentleman |