謙辭

谦辞
qiāncí
  1. humble words
  2. self-deprecatory expression
  3. to modestly decline

CEDICT

  1. 謙虛的話。《後漢書．卷一三．隗囂傳》：「囂不欲東，連遣使深持謙辭，言無功德，須四方平定，退伏閭里。」也作「謙詞」。
  2. 謙讓而推辭。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 謙 qiān modest
2 辭 cí
  1. to resign
  2. to dismiss
  3. to decline
  4. (literary) to take leave
  5. (archaic poetic genre) ballad
  6. variant of 詞 cí

Related entries

謙讓 qiānràng to modestly decline