in one 's humble position , one 's word does not carry much weight(rén wēi yán qīng)

in one 's humble position , one 's word does not carry much weight

The Chinese idiom, Pinyin is R é NW ē iy á NQ ī ng, which means that the status is low and the speech is not valued. It comes from the book of begging for almsgiving and mending for the sake of being in power.

The origin of Idioms

Su Shi of Song Dynasty wrote the book of begging for almsgiving and repairing the house for the sake of being in power: "a certain person has played his deeds three times, but has not reported them up to now. It's reasonable to say that he should be responsible for it."

Idiom usage

It has a derogatory meaning. The third fold of Uncle fan by Wu Mingshi of Yuan Dynasty: it's worth it, but I'm afraid it's not enough. Chapter 35 of Li Baojia's officialdom in the Qing Dynasty: how can you ever be one of them? The third time in the history of civilization: "besides, the humble people talk lightly, and they don't hear it even if their mouth is dry."

Chinese PinYin : rén wēi yán qīng