Zài zhǎngbèi miànqián, tā zǒngshì gōngjìng jǐnshèn.
In front of his elders he was always cautious and respectful.
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history
恂 is a classical adjective for sincerity and respectful caution and is not used independently in modern Chinese. It is best known from the reduplicated 恂恂 describing a careful, modest manner. Built on the heart radical 忄 with phonetic 旬.
register
Classical and literary only. 恂 appears in old prose, not in everyday speech.
