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Change log entry 70892
Processed by: richwarm (2020-10-08 21:20:11 UTC)
Comment: << review queue entry 67111 >>
added alternative English synonym
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Editor:
I think your proposal is problematic.

1) "insecure" has various senses, and most of them are quite wrong as a definition of 自卑.
insecure investment, insecure door, insecure marriage -- 自卑 is none of those senses.

2) Even in its most relevant sense (anxious and lacking in confidence), "insecure" is a distinct concept from 自卑, even though it's a correlated one.
Consider this example: "High turnover makes remaining employees feel uncertain and insecure."
Such employees may have high self-esteem even though they feel insecure about their job.
Diff:
- 自卑 自卑 [zi4 bei1] /feeling inferior/self-abased/
# + 自卑 自卑 [zi4 bei1] /feeling inferior/self-abased/insecure/
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+ 自卑 自卑 [zi4 bei1] /to have low self-esteem/to abase oneself/
By MDBG 2025
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