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克己复礼

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restrain yourself and return to the rites (idiom, from Analects); to subdue self and observe proprieties / (any number of possible translations)

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Pīnyīn
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Jyutping
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Cangjie
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 *克* | 克* | *克
7画
gram; overcome; transliteration
4021.6
JRHU
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 *己* | 己* | *己
3画
self, oneself; personal, private; 6th heavenly stem
1771.7
SU
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 *复* | 复* | *复
9画
return; repeat; repeatedly
8040.7
OAHE
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 *礼* | 礼* | *礼
5画
social custom; manners; courtesy; rites
3221.0
IFU

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SimplifiedEnglish Definition
restrain yourself and return to the rites (idiom, from Analects); to subdue self and observe proprieties / (any number of possible translations)
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  *克* | 克* | *克
abbr. for 克羅地亞|克罗地亚, Croatia / (Tw) abbr. for 克羅埃西亞|克罗埃西亚, Croatia
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  *克* | 克* | *克
to be able to / to subdue / to restrain / to overcome / gram / Tibetan unit of land area, about 6 ares
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  *克* | 克* | *克
Ke (c. 2000 BC), seventh of the legendary Flame Emperors, 炎帝 descended from Shennong 神農|神农 Farmer God
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  *克* | 克* | *克
variant of / to subdue / to overthrow / to restrain
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  *克* | 克* | *克
variant of 剋|克
self-restraint / discipline / selflessness
 
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  *己* | 己* | *己
self / oneself / sixth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干 / sixth in order / letter "F" or Roman "VI" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / hexa
  
  
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  *复* | 复* | *复
to go and return / to return / to resume / to return to a normal or original state / to repeat / again / to recover / to restore / to turn over / to reply / to answer / to reply to a letter / to retaliate / to carry out
  
  
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  *复* | 复* | *复
to repeat / to double / to overlap / complex (not simple) / compound / composite / double / diplo- / duplicate / overlapping / to duplicate
  
  
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  *复* | 复* | *复
variant of 復|复 / to reply to a letter
   
   
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  *礼* | 礼* | *礼
surname Li / abbr. for 禮記|礼记, Classic of Rites
   
   
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  *礼* | 礼* | *礼
gift / rite / ceremony / CL: / propriety / etiquette / courtesy