菲薄
fěi bó
Pinyin

Definition

菲薄
 - 
fěi bó
  1. humble
  2. meager
  3. thin
  4. to despise

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

微薄
wēi bó
  1. 1 scanty
  2. 2 meager
王菲
Wáng Fēi
  1. 1 Faye Wong (1969-), Hong Kong pop star and actress
薄
Bó
  1. 1 surname Bo
刻薄
kè bó
  1. 1 unkind
  2. 2 harsh
  3. 3 cutting
  4. 4 mean
  5. 5 acrimony
  6. 6 to embezzle by making illegal deductions
加菲猫
Jiā fēi māo
  1. 1 Garfield (comic strip cat created by Jim Davis)
卡扎菲
Kǎ zhā fēi
  1. 1 (Colonel Muammar) Gaddafi (1942-2011), de facto leader of Libya from 1969-2011
厚积薄发
hòu jī bó fā
  1. 1 lit. to have accumulated knowledge and deliver it slowly (idiom)
  2. 2 good preparation is the key to success
  3. 3 to be well prepared
单薄
dān bó
  1. 1 weak
  2. 2 frail
  3. 3 thin
  4. 4 flimsy
如履薄冰
rú lu:3 bó bīng
  1. 1 lit. as if walking on thin ice (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to be extremely cautious
  3. 3 to be skating on thin ice
淡薄
dàn bó
  1. 1 thin
  2. 2 light
  3. 3 flagging
  4. 4 faint
浅薄
qiǎn bó
  1. 1 superficial
稀薄
xī bó
  1. 1 thin
  2. 2 rarefied
菲
Fēi
  1. 1 abbr. for the Philippines 菲律賓|菲律宾[Fēi lu:4 bīn]
菲力
fēi lì
  1. 1 fillet (loanword)
菲律宾
Fēi lu:4 bīn
  1. 1 the Philippines
菲菲
fēi fēi
  1. 1 very fragrant
  2. 2 luxurious
  3. 3 beautiful
薄弱
bó ruò
  1. 1 weak
  2. 2 frail
薄情
bó qíng
  1. 1 inconstant in love
  2. 2 fickle
薄熙来
Bó Xī lái
  1. 1 Bo Xilai (1949-), PRC politician, appointed to the Politburo in 2007, sentenced in 2013 to life imprisonment for corruption and misconduct
薄片
báo piàn
  1. 1 thin slice
  2. 2 thin section
  3. 3 flake
  4. 4 Taiwan pr. [bó piàn]

Idioms (15)

刻薄寡恩
kè bó guǎ ēn
  1. 1 harsh and merciless (idiom)
厚古薄今
hòu gǔ bó jīn
  1. 1 to revere the past and neglect the present (idiom)
厚死薄生
hòu sǐ bó shēng
  1. 1 lit. to praise the dead and revile the living
  2. 2 fig. to live in the past (idiom)
厚积薄发
hòu jī bó fā
  1. 1 lit. to have accumulated knowledge and deliver it slowly (idiom)
  2. 2 good preparation is the key to success
  3. 3 to be well prepared
喷薄欲出
pēn bó yù chū
  1. 1 to be on the verge of eruption (idiom)
  2. 2 (of the sun) to emerge in all its brilliance
如履薄冰
rú lu:3 bó bīng
  1. 1 lit. as if walking on thin ice (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to be extremely cautious
  3. 3 to be skating on thin ice
妄自菲薄
wàng zì fěi bó
  1. 1 to be unduly humble (idiom)
  2. 2 to undervalue oneself
德薄能鲜
dé bó néng xiǎn
  1. 1 little virtue and meager abilities (idiom); I'm a humble person and not much use at anything (Song writer Ouyang Xiu 欧阳修)
日薄崦嵫
rì bó Yān zī
  1. 1 lit. the sun sets in Yanzi (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. the day is drawing to an end
  3. 3 the last days (of a person, a dynasty etc)
穷家薄业
qióng jiā bó yè
  1. 1 poor and with few means of subsistance (idiom)
  2. 2 destitute
红颜薄命
hóng yán bó mìng
  1. 1 beautiful women suffer unhappy fates (idiom)
衣单食薄
yī dān shí bó
  1. 1 thin coat, meager food (idiom); life of wretched poverty
  2. 2 destitute
轻口薄舌
qīng kǒu bó shé
  1. 1 lit. light mouth, thin tongue (idiom); hasty and rude
  2. 2 caustic and sharp-tongued
轻嘴薄舌
qīng zuǐ bó shé
  1. 1 lit. light mouth, thin tongue (idiom); hasty and rude
  2. 2 caustic and sharp-tongued
轻浪浮薄
qīng làng fú bó
  1. 1 (idiom) frivolous

Sample Sentences

你也别太妄自菲薄了，其实这只是一个文字游戏，很多中国人也读不准确呢。
nǐ yě bié tài wàngzìfěibó le ，qíshí zhè zhǐshì yī ge wénzìyóuxì ，hěn duō zhōngguórén yě dú bù zhǔnquè ne 。
Don't underestimate yourself. Actually, this is just a word game. A lot of Chinese people wouldn't be able to read it correctly.
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