receptive as an echoing canyon (idiom); modest and open-minded
trad. 虛懷若谷
Also written 虛懷若谷【xū huái ruò gǔ】
Characters in this word
4虚
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emptiness, void, abstract theory or guiding principles, empty or unoccupied, diffident or timid, false, humble or modest, (of health) weak, virtual, in vain
- Pinyin
- xū
- Traditional
- 虛
- Strokes
- 11
- Frequency
- 25196 of 2500
怀
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surname Huai
- Pinyin
- Huái
- Traditional
- 懷
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 10509 of 2500
若
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used in 般若[bo1 re3], used in 蘭若|兰若[lan2 re3]
- Pinyin
- rě
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 913 of 2500
谷
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grain, corn
- Pinyin
- gǔ
- Traditional
- 穀
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 9105 of 2500