Tā xǐhuan yòng zìcháo de fāngshì huǎnjiě jǐnzhāng qìfēn.
He likes to ease tension with self-deprecating humor.
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Lu Xun's 1932 poem 《自嘲》 (Self-Mockery) is one of modern Chinese literature's best-known poems; the line 横眉冷对千夫指，俯首甘为孺子牛 ('Fierce-browed I coolly defy a thousand pointing fingers; head bowed I gladly serve as an ox for the children') comes from it.
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自 (self) + 嘲 (to mock), literally 'mock self.' The 嘲 character also appears in 嘲笑 (to ridicule).
