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"one's own way" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
一意孤行 yī yì gū xíng obstinately clinging to one's course (idiom) / willful / one's own way / dogmatic syn
Chinese Pinyin Translation
自食其力 zì shí qí lì lit. to eat off one's own strength (idiom) / fig. to stand on one's own feet / to earn one's own living syn
自食恶果 自食惡果 zì shí è guǒ lit. to eat one's own bitter fruit (idiom) / fig. to suffer the consequences of one's own actions / to stew in one's own juice
一个将军一个令 一個將軍一個令 yī gè jiāng jūn yī gè lìng lit. one general, one order (idiom) / fig. every boss has their own rules / everyone has their own way of doing things
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)
独树一帜 獨樹一幟 dú shù yī zhì lit. to fly one's banner on a solitary tree (idiom) / fig. to act as a loner / to stand out / to develop one's own school / to have attitude of one's own syn
无依无靠 無依無靠 wú yī wú kào no one to rely on (idiom) / on one's own / orphaned / left to one's own devices syn
自食其果 zì shí qí guǒ to eat one's own fruit (idiom) / fig. suffering the consequences of one's own action / to reap what one has sown syn
别树一帜 別樹一幟 bié shù yī zhì lit. to fly one's banner on a solitary tree (idiom) / fig. to act as a loner / to stand out / to develop one's own school / to have attitude of one's own syn
别树一旗 別樹一旗 bié shù yī qí lit. to fly one's banner on a solitary tree (idiom) / fig. to act as a loner / to stand out / to develop one's own school / to have attitude of one's own
搬起石头砸自己的脚 搬起石頭砸自己的腳 bān qǐ shí tou zá zì jǐ de jiǎo 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
以其人之道，还治其人之身 以其人之道，還治其人之身 yǐ qí rén zhī dào , huán zhì qí rén zhī shēn to use an opponent's own methods to obtain retribution (idiom, from Song dynasty neo-Confucianist Zhu Xi 朱熹[Zhu1 Xi1]) / to get revenge by playing sb back at his own game / to give sb a taste of his own medicine
各奔前程 gè bèn qián chéng each goes his own way (idiom) / each person has his own life to lead syn
走自己的路，让人家去说 走自己的路，讓人家去說 zǒu zì jǐ de lù , ràng rén jiā qù shuō Go your own way, let others say what they like. (popular modern cliche) / Do it my way.
亲口 親口 qīn kǒu one's own mouth / fig. in one's own words / to say sth personally
当家作主 當家作主 dāng jiā zuò zhǔ to be in charge in one's own house (idiom) / to be the master of one's own affairs syn
敝帚自珍 bì zhǒu zì zhēn to value the broom as one's own (idiom) / to attach value to sth because it is one's own / a sentimental attachment syn
自立门户 自立門戶 zì lì mén hù to form one's own group or school of thought / to set up one's own business / to establish oneself
自寻死路 自尋死路 zì xún sǐ lù to follow the path to one's own doom (idiom) / to bring about one's own destruction
改口 gǎi kǒu to change one's tune / to modify one's previous remark / to change the way one addresses sb (as when one marries and starts to call one's husband's parents 爸爸[ba4 ba5] and 媽媽|妈妈[ma1 ma5]) syn
生路 shēng lù a way to make a living / a way to survive / a way out of a predicament syn
双向时间 雙向時間 two-way traveltime / two-way transit time / two-way time
自行其是 zì xíng qí shì to act as one thinks fit / to have one's own way syn
钻 鑽 zuān to drill / to bore / to get into / to make one's way into / to enter (a hole) / to thread one's way through / to study intensively / to dig into / to curry favor for personal gain syn
自备 自備 zì bèi to provide one's own... / own / self-provided / self-contained
明哲保身 míng zhé bǎo shēn a wise man looks after his own hide (idiom) / to put one's own safety before matters of principle syn
作茧自缚 作繭自縛 zuò jiǎn zì fù to spin a cocoon around oneself (idiom) / enmeshed in a trap of one's own devising / hoist by his own petard syn
聪明反被聪明误 聰明反被聰明誤 cōng míng fǎn bèi cōng míng wù (idiom) a clever person may become the victim of his own ingenuity / cleverness may overreach itself / too smart for one's own good
吐丝自缚 吐絲自縛 tǔ sī zì fù to spin a cocoon around oneself (idiom) / enmeshed in a trap of one's own devising / hoist with his own petard
造茧自缚 造繭自縛 zào jiǎn zì fù to spin a cocoon around oneself (idiom) / enmeshed in a trap of one's own devising / hoist with his own petard
自我的人 zì wǒ de rén (my, your) own person / (to assert) one's own personality
老吾老，以及人之老，幼吾幼，以及人之&#2418 lǎo wú lǎo , yǐ jí rén zhī lǎo , yòu wú yòu , yǐ jí rén zhī yòu to honor old people as we do our own aged parents, and care for other's children as one's own
只有 zhǐ yǒu only have ... / there is only ... / (used in combination with 才[cai2]) it is only if one ... (that one can ...) (Example: 只有通過治療才能痊愈|只有通过治疗才能痊愈[zhi3 you3 tong1 guo4 zhi4 liao2 cai2 neng2 quan2 yu4] "the only way to cure it is with therapy") / it is only ... (who ...) (Example: 只有男性才有此需要[zhi3 you3 nan2 xing4 cai2 you3 ci3 xu1 yao4] "only men would have such a requirement") / (used to indicate that one has no alternative) one can only (do a certain thing) (Example: 只有屈服[zhi3 you3 qu1 fu2] "the only thing you can do is give in") syn
自有 zì yǒu (I, they etc) of course have (a plan, a way etc) / one's own (apartment, brand etc)
我行我素 wǒ xíng wǒ sù to continue in one's own way (idiom) syn
自得其乐 自得其樂 zì dé qí lè to find amusement in one's own way / to enjoy oneself quietly syn
各自为政 各自為政 gè zì wéi zhèng to do things each in one's own way syn
各行其是 gè xíng qí shì each one does what he thinks is right (idiom) / each goes his own way syn
独行其是 獨行其是 dú xíng qí shì to go one's own way (idiom) / to act independently without asking others
愣干 lèng gàn to do things recklessly / to persist in doing sth in one's own way
抱头 抱頭 bào tóu to put one's hands behind one's head, fingers interlaced / to hold one's head in one's hands (in dismay, fright etc) / to cover one's head with one's hands (for protection)
出路 chū lù a way out (lit. and fig.) / opportunity for advancement / a way forward / outlet (for one's products)
逆行 nì xíng to go the wrong way / to go against one-way traffic regulation
置之死地而后生 置之死地而後生 zhì zhī sǐ dì ér hòu shēng (idiom based on Sunzi's "The Art of War" 孫子兵法|孙子兵法[Sun1zi3 Bing1fa3]) to deploy one's troops in such a way that there is no possibility of retreat, so that they will fight for their lives and win the battle / to fight desperately when confronted with mortal danger / to find a way to emerge from a dire situation
披荆斩棘 披荊斬棘 pī jīng zhǎn jí lit. to cut one's way through thistles and thorns (idiom) / fig. to overcome all obstacles on the way / to break through hardships / to blaze a new trail syn
天无绝人之路 天無絕人之路 tiān wú jué rén zhī lù Heaven never bars one's way (idiom) / don't despair and you will find a way through. / Never give up hope. / Never say die.
人往高处走，水往低处流 人往高處走，水往低處流 rén wǎng gāo chù zǒu , shuǐ wǎng dī chù liú man seeks his way up just as water seeks its way down (idiom) / one should constantly strive to make progress
六亲无靠 六親無靠 liù qīn wú kào orphaned of all one's immediate relatives (idiom) / no one to rely on / left to one's own devices syn
变生肘腋 變生肘腋 biàn shēng zhǒu yè lit. calamity in one's armpit (idiom) / a major coup happening on one's doorstep / trouble or danger in one's own backyard
一个萝卜一个坑 一個蘿蔔一個坑 yī gè luó bo yī gè kēng lit. every turnip to its hole (idiom) / fig. each person has his own position / each to his own / horses for courses / every kettle has its lid
以子之矛，攻子之盾 yǐ zǐ zhī máo , gōng zǐ zhī dùn lit. use sb's spear to attack his shield (idiom, derived from Han Feizi 韓非子|韩非子) / turning a weapon against its owner / fig. to attack an opponent using his own devices / hoist with his own petard
由着 由著 yóu zhe let (one) have his way / as (one) pleases / at (one's) will
墙头草 牆頭草 qiáng tóu cǎo sb who goes whichever way the wind blows / sb with no mind of their own / easily swayed person / opportunist
竖起 豎起 shù qǐ to erect (a tent etc) / to prick up (one's ears) / to raise (one's eyebrows) / to stick up (one's thumb) / to turn up (one's collar) / (of a bird) to puff up (one's feathers) syn
本分 běn fèn (to play) one's part / one's role / one's duty / (to stay within) one's bounds / dutiful / keeping to one's role syn
虚岁 虛歲 xū suì one's age, according to the traditional Chinese method of reckoning (i.e. the number of Chinese calendar years in which one has lived) – In this system, a person's age at birth is one, and increases by one at the beginning of the first solar term 立春[Li4 chun1] each year, rather than on one's birthday. / contrasted with 實歲|实岁[shi2 sui4]
百胜难虑敌，三折乃良医 百勝難慮敵，三折乃良醫 bǎi shèng nán lǜ dí , sān zhé nǎi liáng yī (a line from a poem by the Tang poet Liu Yuxi 劉禹錫|刘禹锡[Liu2 Yu3 xi1]) one gains very little insight into one's enemy from a hundred victories, but he who breaks his arm three times will be a good doctor / (fig.) one learns more from one's failures than from one's successes
想法 xiǎng fǎ way of thinking / opinion / notion / to think of a way (to do sth) syn
一路 yī lù the whole journey / all the way / going the same way / going in the same direction / of the same kind syn
霸道 bà dào the Way of the Hegemon / abbr. for 霸王之道 / despotic rule / rule by might / evil as opposed to the Way of the King 王道 / overbearing / tyranny / (of liquor, medicine etc) strong / potent syn
王道 wáng dào the Way of the King / statecraft / benevolent rule / virtuous as opposed to the Way of Hegemon 霸道 syn
带路 帶路 dài lù to lead the way / to guide / to show the way / (fig.) to instruct syn
退路 tuì lù a way out / a way to retreat / leeway syn
吃法 chī fǎ way of eating / how something is eaten / how a dish is prepared / the way a dish is to be cooked
沿路 yán lù along the way / on the way / area beside a road
道 dào road / path (CL:條|条[tiao2],股[gu3]) / (bound form) way / reason / principle / (bound form) a skill / an art / a specialization / (Daoism) the Way / the Dao / to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel) / (bound form) to express / to extend (polite words) / classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process / (old) circuit (administrative division) syn
活路 huó lù through road / way out / way to survive / means of subsistence syn
民不聊生 mín bù liáo shēng The people have no way to make a living (idiom, from Record of the Grand Historian 史記|史记[Shi3 ji4]) / no way of getting by syn
鸣锣开道 鳴鑼開道 míng luó kāi dào to beat the gong to clear the way / (fig.) to pave the way for sth syn
亘 亙 gèn extending all the way across / running all the way through
名正言顺 名正言順 míng zhèng yán shùn in a way that justifies the use of the term / genuine / proper / in a way that conforms to logic / justifiable / appropriate / perfectly legitimate syn
四谛 四諦 sì dì the Four Noble Truths (Budd.), covered by the acronym 苦集滅道|苦集灭道[ku3 ji2 mie4 dao4]: all life is suffering 苦[ku3], the cause of suffering is desire 集[ji2], emancipation comes only by eliminating passions 滅|灭[mie4], the way 道[dao4] to emancipation is the Eight-fold Noble Way 八正道[ba1 zheng4 dao4]
苦集灭道 苦集滅道 kǔ jí miè dào the Four Noble Truths (Budd.), namely: all life is suffering 苦[ku3], the cause of suffering is desire 集[ji2], emancipation comes only by eliminating passions 滅|灭[mie4], the way 道[dao4] to emancipation is the Eight-fold Noble Way 八正道[ba1 zheng4 dao4] / also called 四諦|四谛[si4 di4]
躲让 躲讓 duǒ ràng to step aside (for a passing vehicle) / to get out of the way / to make way for
五斗米道 wǔ dǒu mǐ dào Way of the Five Pecks of Rice (Taoist movement) / Way of the Celestial Master
你走你的阳关道，我过我的独木桥 你走你的陽關道，我過我的獨木橋 nǐ zǒu nǐ de yáng guān dào , wǒ guò wǒ de dú mù qiáo lit. you hit the high road, I'll cross the log bridge (idiom) / fig. you go your way, I'll go mine / you do it your way, I'll do it mine
玩法 wán fǎ to play fast and loose with the law / to game the system / (leisure) rules of the game / way of doing an activity / (tourism) way of experiencing a place
一路上 yī lù shàng along the way / the whole way / (fig.) the whole time
路遇 lù yù to meet (sb) by chance on the way somewhere / to encounter (sth) on the way somewhere
自己人 zì jǐ rén those on our side / ourselves / one's own people / one of us syn
亲生 親生 qīn shēng one's own (child) (i.e. one's child by birth) / biological (parents) / birth (parents) syn
背光 bèi guāng to be in a poor light / to do sth with one's back to the light / to stand in one's own light syn
本行 běn háng one's line / one's own profession syn
一枝独秀 一枝獨秀 yī zhī dú xiù lit. only one branch of the tree is thriving (idiom) / fig. to be in a league of one's own / outstanding syn
座驾 座駕 zuò jià one's own car (or motorbike) / vehicle for one's private use
认领 認領 rèn lǐng to claim (as one's property) / to adopt (a child) / to accept (an illegitimate child as one's own) syn
认养 認養 rèn yǎng to sponsor / to adopt (pledge to give sb or sth one's special attention or support) / to adopt (choose to raise a child or animal as one's own)
称心如意 稱心如意 chèn xīn rú yì (idiom) after one's own heart / gratifying / satisfactory / everything one could wish syn
自作自受 zì zuò zì shòu to reap what one has sown (idiom) / to stew in one's own juice syn
洁身自好 潔身自好 jié shēn zì hào clean-living and honest (idiom) / to avoid immorality / to shun evil influence / to mind one's own business and keep out of trouble / to keep one's hands clean syn
越俎代庖 yuè zǔ dài páo lit. to go beyond the sacrificial altar and take over the kitchen (idiom) / fig. to exceed one's place and meddle in other people's affairs / to take matters into one's own hands syn
惹火烧身 惹火燒身 rě huǒ shāo shēn stir up the fire and you get burnt (idiom) / to get one's fingers burnt / fig. to suffer on account of one's own meddling syn
爱国如家 愛國如家 ài guó rú jiā to love one's country as one's own family (praise for a virtuous ruler)
夫子自道 fū zǐ zì dào appearing to be praising others while actually praising yourself / one's criticism of others exposes one's own faults syn
独木不成林 獨木不成林 dú mù bù chéng lín a lone tree does not make a forest (idiom) / one cannot accomplish much on one's own syn
伴手礼 伴手禮 bàn shǒu lǐ gift given when visiting sb (esp. a local specialty brought back from one's travels, or a special product of one's own country taken overseas) (Tw)
欧咪呀给 歐咪呀給 ōu mī yā gěi (Tw) gift given when visiting sb (esp. a local specialty brought back from one's travels, or a special product of one's own country taken overseas) (loanword from Japanese "omiyage")
家花没有野花香 家花沒有野花香 jiā huā méi yǒu yě huā xiāng lit. the flowers in one's garden cannot match the fragrance of wild flowers (idiom) / fig. other women seem more attractive than one's own partner / the grass is always greener on the other side
拉不出屎来怨茅房 拉不出屎來怨茅房 lā bù chū shǐ lái yuàn máo fáng lit. to blame the toilet because one is having difficulty completing a bowel movement (idiom) / fig. to blame others for problems caused by one's own shortcomings
机关算尽太聪明，反算了卿卿性命 機關算盡太聰明，反算了卿卿性命 jī guān suàn jìn tài cōng ming , fǎn suàn le qīng qīng xìng mìng if one is too calculating, it will be the cause of one's own undoing (famous line in "A Dream of Red Mansions" 紅樓夢|红楼梦[Hong2 lou2 Meng4])
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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