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自惭形秽
自慚形穢
zìcánxínghuì
1. to feel ashamed of one's inferiority (idiom)
2. to feel inferior

Character Breakdown

自
zì
self; private, personal; from
HSK 3 6 丶
惭
cán
ashamed, humiliated; shameful
HSK 5 11 丶
形
xíng
form, shape; to appear; to describe; to look
HSK 5 7 丶
秽
huì
dirty, unclean; immoral, obscene
11 丶

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