不亢不卑

bat1 kong3 bat1 bei1

neither haughty nor humble · neither overbearing nor servile · neither supercilious nor obsequious

Meanings

  1. neither haughty nor humble
  2. neither overbearing nor servile
  3. neither supercilious nor obsequious

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