What does a woman's reserve mean?

1. dignified; serious: reserved and unsophisticated. The demeanor was reserved and composed.

2, formal; restrained: he seemed a little reserved as he was speaking on stage for the first time.

Citation:

1, Ye Zi, "The Star," Chapter 2: "She was quite able to reserve herself. She can exclude the temptations of evil people; she can restrain her own spirited feelings."

2, Lu Xun, "The Three Leisurely Collections - Zuo Shi Zuo & lt; February & gt; small introduction": "He desperately wanted to have something to do, and with love, and some scruples, too reserved, and finally, even the place of a few years of peace and quiet, can not be obtained."

Near synonyms of reserved: self-possessed, modest

Antonyms of reserved: conceited

Expanded:

Near synonym interpretations:

Near synonym interpretation:

< p>I. Self-supporting? [ zì chí ]

Controlling one's own desires or emotions: clean and self-sustaining. To be so excited that one cannot hold oneself.

Citation: ba Jin 《灭亡》 Chapter 14: "But he was finally able to hold himself back from confessing his love to Li Jing Shu."

2. Modesty? [ qiān xū ]

1, modest, not complacent, willing to accept criticism: modest and prudent.

2. to speak modestly: He was modest and finally granted my request.

Citation: Mao Zedong? s Report on the Second Plenary Session of the Seventh Central Committee of the Chinese **** Producers' Party: "Make sure that the comrades continue to maintain the style of modesty, prudence, lack of pride, and lack of impatience."

Antonym interpretation:

Conceited? [ zì fù ]

1. to think oneself marvelous: this person is very conceited.

2. To be responsible for oneself: the text is responsible for itself. To be responsible for one's own profit and loss.

Citation: Fang Zhimin, "Lovely China": "What's more, I am precisely a bloody conceited youth."