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不卑不亢
  bat1 bei1 bat1 kong3   jyutping
  bu4 bei1 bu4*2 kang4   pinyin
(idiom) neither submissive nor oppressive; neither servile nor overbearing

Idiom

Level: 3   Google Frequency: 239,000

This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
不卑不亢

This word has been viewed 1836 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by tym on 20th Nov 2004 07:07 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008 19:03
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Characters in this word:

 bat1  -  not; no; un-
 bei1  -  humble, modest; base, despicable
 bat1  -  not; no; un-
 kong3 gong1  -  haughty; proud; excessive; extreme
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