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微不足道

wēi bù zú dào

too small to mention

Character by character

微wēi
tiny
不bù
not
足zú
worth
道dào
mention

Example

我做的这点儿事微不足道。
What I did is really nothing.

Tone: neutral.

Usage and origin

A modest reply to thanks, or a put-down of someone else's contribution.

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