| 谦逊 | qiān xùn | humble / modest / unpretentious / modesty |   |
| 娇羞 | jiāo xiū | bashful / shy / shyness / modesty | |
| 满招损，谦受益 | mǎn zhāo sǔn , qiān shòu yì | (idiom) complacency leads to loss, modesty brings profit / pride comes before a fall | |
| 虚心使人进步，骄傲使人落后 | xū xīn shǐ rén jìn bù , jiāo ào shǐ rén luò hòu | modesty leads to progress, arrogance makes you fall behind (quote of Mao Zedong) | |
| 男女隔离公共汽车 | | modesty bus | |
| 收敛锋芒 | shōu liǎn fēng máng | to draw in one's claws / to show some modesty | |
| 孔融让梨 | Kǒng Róng ràng lí | Kong Rong giving up pears, classic moral story about Kong Rong 孔融[Kong3 Rong2] picking up smaller pears while leaving the bigger ones to his older brothers, still used nowadays to educate the young on courtesy and modesty | |
