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oneself / one's own
HSK 2
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
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
to know oneself / to be intimate or close / intimate friend
HSK 7-9
a matter of no concern to oneself (idiom)
intimate / private saving of family members
to be strict with oneself
to be content with one's lot (idiom) / to know one's place
close female friend / confidante
(proverb) you can't always do as you like; one has to compromise in this world
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
to seek the cause in oneself rather than sb else
personal profit / to benefit oneself
an individual
dissident / alien / outsider / non-self / others
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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
self-restraint / discipline / selflessness
intimate / private saving of family members
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
oneself
close male friend / confidant
to harm others without benefiting oneself (idiom)
love others as self
to wipe out dissenters / to exterminate those who disagree
(coll.) (Tw) to get sacked / to be fired
self-restraint and devotion to public duties (idiom); selfless dedication / to serve the public interest wholeheartedly
to exercise power arbitrarily (idiom)


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