不卑不亢

bù bēi bù kàng

Dictionary entry

neither servile nor overbearing (idiom)

What does 不卑不亢 mean?

不卑不亢 (bù bēi bù kàng) has the following dictionary meaning.

1neither servile nor overbearing (idiom)

2neither obsequious nor supercilious

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不bùno; not so · (bound form) not; un-卑bēilow · base 亢Kàngsurname Kang · Kang, one of the 28 constellations

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不卑不亢

bù bēi bù kàng

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