self-mockery การใช้

Self - mockery may sometimes mask great conceit
My own understanding : self - mockery or can be used to deride , tease others
Du fu ' s humor - which hu shi calls " old du ' s unique wit " - is mainly embodied in his poems in four ways , namely , expression of aspirations , self - mockery , satire , and banter
With a childish smile of embarrassment , of doubt , and of self - mockery , which would come into his face in spite of himself , pierre stood with his legs wide apart and his hands hanging at his sides , facing the rhetor and awaiting his next commands