不耻下问

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不以向学问比自己差的或职位比自己低的人请教为可耻，例张先生之所以能成为语言学家，在于其具有不耻下问的谦虚态度和点滴积累的刻苦精神。

That Mr．Zhang has become such an authority on language is due to two things：first his own modesty in never

feehng above others when asking questions，and second in his hard work to collect and piece together all the information he has gathered．