Learning Chinese is easier with our free resources! This series explains idioms and proverbs, valuable for various situations. Today’s idiom is 「自輕自賤」, with more below.
Today, we explore the idiom 「自輕自賤」. Below, we’ll cover its meaning and practical uses.
Despise: despise. Look down on yourself. It usually refers to lowering one’s own status.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
zì qīng zì jiàn
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
ji6 heng1 ji6 jin6
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