當之有愧 dāng zhī yǒu kuì

to feel undeserving of the praise or the honor

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. to feel undeserving of the praise or the honor

Characters

Character Meaning
當 dāng
to be; to act as; should
之 zhī HSK 4
(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的de); it
有 yǒu HSK 1
to have; there is; there are
愧 kuì HSK 5
ashamed; old variant of 愧kuì