xū huái ruò gǔdictionary entry
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receptive as an echoing canyon (idiom); modest and open-minded
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虛懷若谷 虚怀若谷 [xu1 huai2 ruo4 gu3] /receptive as an echoing canyon (idiom); modest and open-minded/

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