Definition & Meaning

1.feel ashamed at one's inferior appearance or manners; be ashamed of one's poverty-stricken state; shrink from oneself as some unclean thing

2.feel unworthy (of others 'company); have a sense of inferiority or inadequacy; humble oneself

zì cán xíng huì

自 惭 形 秽

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1
slfeel ashamed at one's inferior appearance or manners; be ashamed of one's poverty-stricken state; shrink from oneself as some unclean thing
- tā wèi zì jǐ rú cǐ nuò ruò ér zì cán xíng huì
  他为自己如此懦弱而自惭形秽。
  He despised himself for being so cowardly.
- yǔ nà xiē dà xué lǎo shī zài yī qǐ wǒ zì cán xíng huì
  与那些大学老师在一起，我自惭形秽。
  I felt very inferior among all those academics.
synonym
zì kuì bù rú自愧不如 zì kuì fú rú自愧弗如 zì cán xíng kuì自惭形愧 zì gǎn hàn yán自感汗颜
2
slfeel unworthy (of others 'company); have a sense of inferiority or inadequacy; humble oneself
- shǐ rén zì cán xíng huì
  使人自惭形秽
  make somebody feel inferior
- wú lùn rú hé tā de zì cán xíng huì zhī shēn hé tā zhàng fu de chā jù shì suō xiǎo le zhè shì tā zuò mèng yě xiǎng bu dào de
  无论如何，她的自惭形秽之身和她丈夫的差距是缩小了，这是她做梦也想不到的。
  Nevertheless, the gap between her guilty self and her husband was narrower than she had dreamed.
synonym
zì kuì bù rú自愧不如 zì kuì fú rú自愧弗如 zì cán xíng kuì自惭形愧 zì gǎn hàn yán自感汗颜

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