English-speakers who hear praise from others generally say “thank you” to indicate acceptance, which shows that they believe the other person’s praise is sincere and what they commend is worth it. Therefore, one should not pretend to be inferior or humble. However, for Chinese, when hearing praise from others, they usually claim that they do not deserve the praise and what they have done is far from enough. Or it can be said that one’s achievements benefit from luck, or objective conditions, etc… while accepting a compliment would imply complacency or a lack of courtesy. Consequently, the differences in the above two responses are due to different language habits of both parties. They all interpret what others say according to their own language customs.