kěn cídictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
to decline with sincere thanks
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Original source entry:

懇辭 恳辞 [ken3 ci2] /to decline with sincere thanks/

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Other forms in these source records: 懇辭

  • 恳
    kěn

    earnest

  • 辞
    cí

    to resign / to dismiss / to decline / (literary) to take leave / (archaic poetic genre) ballad

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.