自认 自認 zì rèn to believe (sth in relation to oneself) / to regard oneself as / to acknowledge (sth in relation to oneself) / to resign oneself to 自封 zì fēng to proclaim oneself (sth) / to give oneself the title of / self-appointed / self-styled / to limit oneself to / to isolate oneself syn 混战 混戰 hùn zhàn chaotic warfare / confused fighting / melee / to join in such fighting syn 转战千里 轉戰千里 zhuǎn zhàn qiān lǐ fighting everywhere over a thousand miles (idiom) / constant fighting across the country / never-ending struggle 战斗负载 戰鬥負載 fighting load equipment / fighting load 其中 qí zhōng among / in / included among these syn 自我安慰 zì wǒ ān wèi to comfort oneself / to console oneself / to reassure oneself 表现自己 表現自己 biǎo xiàn zì jǐ to express oneself / to give an account of oneself / to project oneself / to show off 得意 dé yì proud of oneself / pleased with oneself / complacent syn 摆脱 擺脫 bǎi tuō to break away from / to cast off (old ideas etc) / to get rid of / to break away (from) / to break out (of) / to free oneself from / to extricate oneself syn 解脱 解脫 jiě tuō to untie / to free / to absolve of / to get free of / to extirpate oneself / (Buddhism) to free oneself of worldly worries syn 翻身 fān shēn to turn over (when lying) / (fig.) to free oneself / to emancipate oneself / to bring about a change of one's fortunes syn 修行 xiū xíng to devote oneself to spiritual development (esp. Buddhism or Daoism) / to devote oneself to perfecting one's art or craft syn 反省 fǎn xǐng to reflect upon oneself / to examine one's conscience / to question oneself / to search one's soul syn 自理 zì lǐ to take care of oneself / to provide for oneself 磨练 磨練 mó liàn to temper oneself / to steel oneself / self-discipline / endurance syn 自己动手 自己動手 zì jǐ dòng shǒu to do (sth) oneself / to help oneself to 自嘲 zì cháo to mock oneself / to laugh at oneself 硬着头皮 硬著頭皮 yìng zhe tóu pí to brace oneself to do sth / to put a bold face on it / to summon up courage / to force oneself to syn 自拔 zì bá to free oneself / to extricate oneself from a difficult situation syn 振作 zhèn zuò to bestir oneself / to pull oneself together / to cheer up / to uplift / to stimulate syn 自作 zì zuò to act for oneself / to view oneself (as clever, virtuous, attractive) 自个儿 自個兒 zì gě r (dialect) oneself / by oneself syn 自居 zì jū to consider oneself as / to believe oneself to be syn 卖身 賣身 mài shēn to prostitute oneself / to sell oneself into slavery syn 现眼 現眼 xiàn yǎn to embarrass oneself / to make a fool of oneself syn 委身 wěi shēn to give oneself wholly to / to put oneself at sb's service / (of a woman) to give one's body to / to marry 物 wù (bound form) thing / (literary) the outside world as distinct from oneself / people other than oneself syn 贻笑大方 貽笑大方 yí xiào dà fāng to make a fool of oneself / to make oneself a laughing stock syn 蝉蜕 蟬蛻 chán tuì cicada slough / fig. to free oneself / to extricate oneself from syn 投 tóu to throw (sth in a specific direction: ball, javelin, grenade etc) / to cast (a ballot) / to cast (a glance, a shadow etc) / to put in (money for investment, a coin to operate a slot machine) / to send (a letter, a manuscript etc) / to throw oneself into (a river, a well etc to commit suicide) / to go to / to seek refuge / to place oneself into the hands of / (coll.) to rinse (clothes) in water syn 自视甚高 自視甚高 zì shì shèn gāo to think highly of oneself (idiom) / giving oneself airs / arrogant and self-important 不能自已 bù néng zì yǐ unable to control oneself / to be beside oneself 严以律己 嚴以律己 yǎn yǐ lǜ jǐ to be strict with oneself (idiom) / to demand a lot of oneself 搬砖砸脚 搬磚砸腳 bān zhuān zá jiǎo to hurt oneself by one's own doing / to boomerang / to shoot oneself in the foot (idiom) 无病自灸 無病自灸 wú bìng zì jiǔ lit. to prescribe moxibustion for oneself when not ill / to cause oneself trouble with superfluous action 累死累活 lèi sǐ lèi huó to tire oneself out through overwork / to work oneself to death syn 自个 自個 zì gě oneself / by oneself 自各 zì gě variant of 自個|自个[zi4 ge3] / oneself / by oneself 自况 自況 zì kuàng to compare oneself / to view oneself as 自视清高 自視清高 zì shì qīng gāo to think highly of oneself (idiom) / giving oneself airs / arrogant and self-important 自洁 自潔 zì jié to cleanse oneself / to sanctify oneself / self-cleaning (spark plug, oven etc) 投怀送抱 投懷送抱 tóu huái sòng bào to throw oneself in sb's arms / to throw oneself at sb 素面朝天 sù miàn cháo tiān lit. to present oneself confidently to the emperor, without makeup (as did the sister of Yang Guifei 楊貴妃|杨贵妃[Yang2 Gui4 fei1]) (idiom) / fig. (of a woman) to show one's natural features, without makeup / to present oneself just as one is, without artifice 难以自已 難以自已 nán yǐ zī yǐ cannot control oneself (idiom) / to be beside oneself 自甘堕落 自甘墮落 zì gān duò luò to abandon oneself (idiom) / to let oneself go 自嗨 zì hāi (slang) to have fun by oneself / to amuse oneself 自谋出路 自謀出路 zì móu chū lù (idiom) to take matters into one's own hands / to go it alone / to fend for oneself / to find one's own way forward (esp. to find oneself a job) 严以律己 嚴以律己 yán yǐ lǜ jǐ to be strict with oneself (idiom) / to demand a lot of oneself 难以自已 難以自已 nán yǐ zì yǐ cannot control oneself (idiom) / to be beside oneself 激烈 jī liè (of competition or fighting) intense / fierce / (of pain) acute / (of an expression of opinion) impassioned / vehement / (of a course of action) drastic / extreme syn 战斗力 戰鬥力 zhàn dòu lì fighting strength 斗志 鬥志 dòu zhì will to fight / fighting spirit syn 战事 戰事 zhàn shì war / hostilities / fighting syn 八路军 八路軍 bā lù jūn Eighth Route Army, the larger of the two major Chinese communist forces fighting the Japanese in the Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945) syn 开打 開打 kāi dǎ (of a sports competition or match) to commence / (of a war or battle) to break out / to perform acrobatic or choreographed fighting (in Chinese opera) / to brawl / to come to blows 威名 wēi míng fame for fighting prowess / military glory syn 武打 wǔ dǎ acrobatic fighting in Chinese opera or dance syn 恶战 惡戰 è zhàn hard fighting / fierce battle syn 拳法 quán fǎ boxing / fighting technique 停战 停戰 tíng zhàn to cease fire / to stop fighting / armistice / truce syn 徒手 tú shǒu with bare hands / unarmed / fighting hand-to-hand / freehand (drawing) 鏖战 鏖戰 áo zhàn bitter fighting / a violent battle syn 恶斗 惡鬥 è dòu hard fighting / fierce battle 貂蝉 貂蟬 diāo chán Diaochan (-192), one of the four legendary beauties 四大美女[si4 da4 mei3 nu:3], in fiction a famous beauty at the break-up of Han dynasty, given as concubine to usurping warlord Dong Zhuo 董卓[Dong3 Zhuo2] to ensure his overthrow by fighting hero Lü Bu 呂布|吕布[Lu:3 Bu4] 战团 戰團 zhàn tuán fighting group / by extension, a fight / a fray 稳扎稳打 穩扎穩打 wěn zhā wěn dǎ to go steady and strike hard (in fighting) / fig. steadily and surely syn 蒙恬 méng tián Qin general Meng Tian (-210 BC), involved in 215 BC in fighting the Northern Xiongnu 匈奴 and building the great wall 巷战 巷戰 xiàng zhàn (military) street fighting / urban combat 百折不挠 百折不撓 bǎi zhé bù náo to keep on fighting in spite of all setbacks (idiom) / to be undaunted by repeated setbacks / to be indomitable syn 斗鸡 鬥雞 dòu jī cock fighting 壮丁 壯丁 zhuàng dīng able-bodied man (capable of fighting in a war) syn 烈女 liè nǚ a woman who dies fighting for her honor or follows her husband in death syn 南征北战 南征北戰 nán zhēng běi zhàn war on all sides (idiom) / fighting from all four quarters syn 义勇 義勇 yì yǒng courageous in fighting for a just cause 兵戈 bīng gē weapons / arms / fighting / war syn 白刃战 白刃戰 bái rèn zhàn hand-to-hand fighting 白军 白軍 bái jūn White Guard or White Movement, anti-communist troops fighting against the Bolsheviks during the Russian Civil War (1917-1922) 鏖 áo violent fighting 讧 訌 hòng strife / disorder / rioting / fighting / Taiwan pr. [hong2] 斗志昂扬 鬥志昂揚 dòu zhì áng yáng having high fighting spirit syn 南征北伐 nán zhēng běi fá war on all sides (idiom) / fighting from all four quarters 东征西怨 東征西怨 dōng zhēng xī yuàn war on all sides (idiom) / fighting from all four quarters 东征西讨 東征西討 dōng zhēng xī tǎo war on all sides (idiom) / fighting from all four quarters 东讨西征 東討西征 dōng tǎo xī zhēng war on all sides (idiom) / fighting from all four quarters 案兵束甲 àn bīng shù jiǎ to rest weapons and loosen armor (idiom) / to relax from fighting 案甲休兵 àn jiǎ xiū bīng to put down weapon and let soldiers rest (idiom) / to relax from fighting 疏财仗义 疏財仗義 shū cái zhàng yì distributing money, fighting for virtue (idiom) / fig. generous in helping the needy 触斗蛮争 觸鬥蠻爭 chù dòu mán zhēng constant bickering and fighting (idiom) / constantly at each other's throats / struggle for personal gain 酗酒滋事 xù jiǔ zī shì drunken fighting / to get drunk and quarrel 隔岸观火 隔岸觀火 gé àn guān huǒ to watch the fires burning across the river / to delay entering the fray until all others have been exhausted by fighting amongst themselves (idiom) syn 骁勇善战 驍勇善戰 xiāo yǒng shàn zhàn to be brave and good at fighting (idiom) 斗鸡走马 鬥雞走馬 dòu jī zǒu mǎ cock-fighting and horse-racing (idiom) / to gamble 郑人争年 鄭人爭年 zhèng rén zhēng nián Men of Zheng fighting over their respective ages (idiom) / a futile quarrel 皖南事变 皖南事變 wǎn nán shì biàn New Fourth Army Incident of 1940, involving fighting between the Nationalists and Communists 两虎相争 兩虎相爭 liǎng hǔ xiāng zhēng lit. two tigers fighting (idiom) / fig. fierce contest between evenly matched adversaries 南征北讨 南征北討 nán zhēng běi tǎo war on all sides (idiom) / fighting from all four quarters 吽牙 ōu yá sound of dogs fighting, also written 吽呀[ou1 ya2] 恶仗 惡仗 è zhàng hard fighting / fierce battle 