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己
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Definitions
- 1. self
- 2. oneself
- 3. sixth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shí tiān gān]
- 4. sixth in order
- 5. letter \F\ or Roman \VI\ in list \A
- 6. B
- 7. C\, or \I
- 8. II
- 9. III\ etc
- 10. hexa
Example Sentences
1 shown你應該為你自 己 感到羞恥。
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Words Containing 己
to make it one's business
twenty-sixth year F2 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2009 or 2069
close male friend
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[sūn zǐ bīng fǎ])
to be content with one's lot (idiom)
to seek the cause in oneself rather than sb else
to blot out one's conscience
a matter of no concern to oneself (idiom)
not to become attached to material things, not to pity oneself
selfless
to be severe with oneself and lenient with others (idiom)
hepatitis F
to abandon self for others (idiom, from Analects); to sacrifice one's own interest for other people
there's no place like home (idiom)
to harm others without benefiting oneself (idiom)
to regard sb as one's own child
to be strict with oneself (idiom)
fifty-sixth year F8 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1979 or 2039
to feel unconcerned and let matters rest (idiom)
to know oneself
to be fired
intimate
egoism
those on our side
to appropriate to oneself (what rightfully belongs to others)
to wipe out dissenters
close female friend
to move a stone and stub one's toe
know yourself, know your enemy (idiom, from Sunzi's \The Art of War\ 孫子兵法|孙子兵法[sūn zǐ bīng fǎ])
close friend in a distant land, far-flung realms as next door
Help others, and others may help you (idiom).
a true gentleman will sacrifice his life for a friend who understands him, as a woman makes herself beautiful for her sweetheart
to take for one's own
everyone gives their own view
thirty-sixth year F12 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1959 or 2019
if you want sth done well, do it yourself (idiom)
a thousand cups of wine is not too much when best friends meet (idiom)
harming others for one's personal benefit (idiom); personal gain to the detriment of others
to persist in one's views
you can't always do as you like
What you don't want done to you, don't do to others. (idiom, from the Confucian analects)
to exercise power arbitrarily (idiom)
each sticks to his own view (idiom); a dialogue of the deaf
love others as self
Kong Yiji, protagonist of short story by Lu Xun 魯迅|鲁迅[lǔ xùn]
oneself
intimate
each sticks to his own opinion (idiom); chacun son gout
Daji (c. 11th century BC), concubine of the last Shang dynasty king Zhou Xin 紂辛|纣辛[zhòu xīn]
to crush one's own foot while trying to maneuver a rock (to a cliff edge, to drop on one's enemy) (idiom)
oneself
private saved money of close family members
to listen to the ideas of others with an open mind (idiom)
without the freedom to act independently (idiom); involuntary
our side
an individual
one's own viewpoint
personal profit
self-restraint
to be strict with oneself
sixth year F6 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1989 or 2049
Look out for yourself, or heaven and earth will combine to destroy you.
to know the enemy and know oneself (idiom, from Sunzi's \The Art of War\)
self-restraint and devotion to public duties (idiom); selfless dedication
knowing the enemy and yourself will get you unscathed through a hundred battles (idiom, from Sunzi's \The Art of War\)
sixteenth year F4 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1999 or 2059
self-restraint and devotion to public duties (idiom); selfless dedication
dissident
restrain yourself and return to the rites (idiom, from Analects); to subdue self and observe proprieties
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 give up one's private interests for the public good (idiom); to behave altruistically
hexose (CH2O)6, monosaccharide with six carbon atoms, such as glucose 葡萄糖[pú tao táng]
to do (sth) oneself
to be oneself
forty-sixth year F10 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1969 or 2029
to abandon self for others (idiom); to sacrifice oneself to help the people
to consider sb as close friend (idiom); to take into one's confidence