当之有愧

Traditional form:

當之有愧

Pinyin (reading):

dāngzhīyǒukuì

Definitions:

• to feel undeserving of the praise or the honor

Characters:

• 当 - appropriate, timely; to act, to serve; the sound of bells
• 之 - marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; to go to
• 有 - to have, to own, to possess; to exist
• 愧 - ashamed, regretful; the pangs of conscience

Traditional characters:

• 當 - appropriate, timely; to act, to serve; the sound of bells
• 之 - marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; to go to
• 有 - to have, to own, to possess; to exist
• 愧 - ashamed, regretful; the pangs of conscience