xùn

to abdicate

modest; yielding; unpretentious; inferior to; (slang) to suck

movement (辶) + sound (孙) = stepping aside, yielding

The movement radical (辶) carries the meaning: stepping aside, yielding, deferring. 孙 is mainly there for the sound xùn and does not contribute semantically.

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这次考试他的成绩略于上次。

zhè cì kǎo shì tā de chéngjì lüè xùn yú shàng cì。

His score on this exam was slightly inferior to last time.

他虽然很有才华,但为人谦,从不炫耀。

tā suīrán hěn yǒu cáihuá,dàn wéirén qiānxùn,cóng bù xuànyào。

Although he is very talented, he is humble by nature and never shows off.

Words with 逊

逊位

xùn wèi

to abdicate

逊克

xùn kè

see 遜克縣|逊克县[Xun4 ke4 Xian4]

逊克县

xùn kè xiàn

Xunke, a county in Heihe City 黑河市[Hei1 he2 Shi4], Heilongjiang

逊尼

xùn ní

Sunni (subdivision of Islam)

逊尼派

xùn ní pài

Sunni sect (of Islam)

逊色

xùn sè

inferior (often in the combination 毫無遜色|毫无逊色, not in the least inferior)

逊顺

xùn shùn

modest and obedient

迈克尔·杰克逊

mài kè ěr · jié kè xùn

Michael Jackson (1958-2009), American musician and entertainer

阿马逊

ā mǎ xùn

also written 亞馬遜|亚马逊[Ya4 ma3 xun4]

随波逊流

suí bō xùn liú

to drift with the waves and yield to the flow (idiom); to follow the crowd blindly

马礼逊

mǎ lǐ xùn

Robert Morrison (1782-1834), Presbyterian minister, translator, and the London Missionary Society's first missionary to China

麦迪逊

mài dí xùn

Madison (name)

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