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oneself / one's own
HSK 2
know yourself, know your enemy (idiom, from Sunzi's "The Art of War" 孫子兵法|孙子兵法)
if you want sth done well, do it yourself (idiom)
harming others for one's personal benefit (idiom); personal gain to the detriment of others
HSK 7-9
(idiom) (of one's circumstances) beyond one's control; unable to do anything about it; (of one's actions) not subject to conscious control (i.e. done in spite of oneself)
HSK 7-9
to be oneself
not to become attached to material things, not to pity oneself
Help others, and others may help you (idiom).
egoism
to know the enemy and know oneself (idiom, from Sunzi's "The Art of War")
to be strict with oneself (idiom) / to demand a lot of oneself
close friend in a distant land, far-flung realms as next door / close in spirit although far away
Look out for yourself, or heaven and earth will combine to destroy you. / Every man for himself, and the Devil take the hindmost.
each sticks to his own view (idiom); a dialogue of the deaf
each sticks to his own opinion (idiom); chacun son gout
to know oneself / to be intimate or close / intimate friend
HSK 7-9
restrain yourself and return to the rites (idiom, from Analects); to subdue self and observe proprieties / (any number of possible translations)
a matter of no concern to oneself (idiom)
private saved money of close family members
intimate / private saving of family members
to be strict with oneself
thirty-sixth year F12 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1959 or 2019
know yourself and know your enemy, and you will never be defeated (idiom, from Sunzi's "The Art of War" 孫子兵法|孙子兵法)
a true gentleman will sacrifice his life for a friend who understands him, as a woman makes herself beautiful for her sweetheart
to abandon self for others (idiom, from Analects); to sacrifice one's own interest for other people / altruism
our side / one's own (side etc)
to appropriate to oneself (what rightfully belongs to others)
What you don't want done to you, don't do to others. (idiom, from the Confucian analects) / Do as you would be done by. / Do not do to others what you would not have them do to you.
to be content with one's lot (idiom) / to know one's place
hexose (CH2O)6, monosaccharide with six carbon atoms, such as glucose 葡萄糖
close female friend / confidante
to do (sth) oneself / to help oneself to
(proverb) you can't always do as you like; one has to compromise in this world
to make it one's business / to take upon oneself to
Kong Yiji, protagonist of a short story of the same name by Lu Xun 魯迅|鲁迅 depicting the life of a poor, unsuccessful scholar who clings to his Confucian ideals despite his dismal circumstances
Daji (c. 11th century BC), concubine of the last Shang dynasty king Zhou Xin 紂辛|纣辛
those on our side / ourselves / one's own people / one of us
to seek the cause in oneself rather than sb else
everyone gives their own view
to persist in one's views
one's own viewpoint
personal profit / to benefit oneself
to crush one's own foot while trying to maneuver a rock (to a cliff edge, to drop on one's enemy) (idiom) / hoisted by one's own petard
(idiom) to illegally take possession of; to appropriate
an individual
dissident / alien / outsider / non-self / others
to feel unconcerned and let matters rest (idiom)
self-restraint and devotion to public duties (idiom); selfless dedication / to serve the public interest wholeheartedly
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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
knowing the enemy and yourself will get you unscathed through a hundred battles (idiom, from Sunzi's "The Art of War")
self-restraint / discipline / selflessness
to be severe with oneself and lenient with others (idiom)
intimate / private saving of family members
If you don't want anyone to know, don't do it (idiom). fig. If you do something bad, people will inevitably hear about it.
to abandon self for others (idiom); to sacrifice oneself to help the people / altruism
selfless / self-sacrifice (to help others) / self-renunciation / altruism
to blot out one's conscience
to consider sb as close friend (idiom); to take into one's confidence
to give up one's private interests for the public good (idiom); to behave altruistically / selfless and public spirited
oneself
close male friend / confidant
to harm others without benefiting oneself (idiom)
hepatitis F
love others as self
to wipe out dissenters / to exterminate those who disagree
forty-sixth year F10 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1969 or 2029
to listen to the ideas of others with an open mind (idiom)
(coll.) (Tw) to get sacked / to be fired
sixth year F6 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1989 or 2049
there's no place like home (idiom)
a thousand cups of wine is not too much when best friends meet (idiom) / when you're with close friends, you can let your hair down
twenty-sixth year F2 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2009 or 2069
fifty-sixth year F8 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1979 or 2039
to move a stone and stub one's toe / to shoot oneself in the foot (idiom)
to regard sb as one's own child
self-restraint and devotion to public duties (idiom); selfless dedication / to serve the public interest wholeheartedly
sixteenth year F4 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1999 or 2059
to exercise power arbitrarily (idiom)


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