I find it much more sincere to accept compliments and show how grateful I am rather than to belittle myself. Therefore I would like to know some phrases in Chinese to accept compliments and show my gratitude rather than overhumbling myself. I do not want to know phrases like 哪裏哪裏.
How do you accept compliments in Chinese without coming off as really arrogant (taking into consideration that the Chinese culture in general highly values modesty and humility)? Although in the West it is certainly possible to accept compliments and be modest at the same time.
E.g. in English we might say:
I'm very happy to hear that!
I'm glad you liked it (for a performance or something like that)
It's very kind of you to say that.
Thank you :D
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? I mean is there something specifically about it or do you not want anything similar? – Semaphore Jul 23 '14 at 10:12過獎了
too? – Semaphore Jul 23 '14 at 10:23