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 洋洋 yáng yáng vast / impressive / self-satisfied / immensely pleased with oneself syn 得意洋洋 dé yì yáng yáng joyfully satisfied / to be immensely proud of oneself / proudly / an air of complacency 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 满足 滿足 mǎn zú to satisfy / to meet (the needs of) / satisfied / content syn 满意 滿意 mǎn yì satisfied / pleased / to one's satisfaction syn 性福 xìng fú (neologism c. 2008) (slang) (coined as a pun on 幸福[xing4 fu2]) satisfied with one's sex life 乐意 樂意 lè yì to be willing to do sth / to be ready to do sth / to be happy to do sth / content / satisfied syn 惬意 愜意 qiè yì satisfied / pleased / contented syn 心满意足 心滿意足 xīn mǎn yì zú perfectly contented (idiom) / perfectly satisfied syn 踌躇 躊躇 chóu chú to hesitate / (literary) to pace back and forth / (literary) self-satisfied syn 沾沾自喜 zhān zhān zì xǐ immeasurably self-satisfied syn 得寸进尺 得寸進尺 dé cùn jìn chǐ lit. win an inch, want a foot (idiom) / fig. not satisfied with small gains / give him an inch, and he'll want a mile syn 自满 自滿 zì mǎn complacent / self-satisfied syn 得过且过 得過且過 dé guò qiě guò satisfied just to get through (idiom) / to muddle through / without high ambitions, but getting by syn 见异思迁 見異思遷 jiàn yì sī qiān to change at once on seeing sth different (idiom) / loving fads and novelty / never satisfied with what one has syn 地利人和 dì lì rén hé favorable geographical and social conditions (idiom) / good location and the people satisfied syn 安 ān (bound form) calm / peaceful / to calm / to set at ease / safe / secure / in good health / content / satisfied (as in 安於|安于[an1yu2]) / to place (sb) in a suitable position (job) / to install / to fix / to fit / to bring (a charge against sb) / to harbor (certain intentions) / ampere (abbr. for 安培[an1pei2]) syn 心甘 xīn gān to be willing / to be satisfied 满 滿 mǎn to fill / full / filled / packed / fully / completely / quite / to reach the limit / to satisfy / satisfied / contented syn 欲壑难填 慾壑難填 yù hè nán tián bottomless pit of desire (idiom) / insatiable greed / carnal cravings are never satisfied and are a main obstruction on the path to enlightenment syn 饱 飽 bǎo to eat till full / satisfied syn 拽 zhuǎi self-satisfied / cocky (alternative written form of 跩[zhuai3]) syn 惬 愜 qiè (literary) satisfied / content 逌 yóu distant / joyous / satisfied 居功自傲 jū gōng zì ào satisfied with one's accomplishment and arrogant as a result (idiom) / resting on one's laurels and despising others syn 知足常乐 知足常樂 zhī zú cháng lè satisfied with what one has (idiom) syn 贪得无厌 貪得無厭 tān dé wú yàn avaricious and insatiable (idiom) / greedy and never satisfied syn 贪心不足 貪心不足 tān xīn bù zú avaricious and insatiable (idiom) / greedy and never satisfied syn 贪猥无厌 貪猥無厭 tān wěi wú yàn avaricious and insatiable (idiom) / greedy and never satisfied 这山望着那山高 這山望著那山高 zhè shān wàng zhe nà shān gāo lit. the next mountain looks taller (idiom) / fig. not satisfied with one's current position / the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence 自我陶醉 zì wǒ táo zuì self-satisfied / self-imbued / narcissistic syn 贪婪无厌 貪婪無厭 tān lán wú yàn avaricious and insatiable (idiom) / greedy and never satisfied syn 跩 zhuǎi to waddle / to swagger / (coll.) strutting / self-satisfied 驾云 駕雲 jià yún to ride the clouds / fig. self-satisfied / arrogant 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 自己 zì jǐ oneself / one's own syn 个人 個人 gè rén individual / personal / oneself syn 方便 fāng biàn convenient / suitable / to facilitate / to make things easy / having money to spare / (euphemism) to relieve oneself syn 本人 běn rén I / me / myself / oneself / yourself / himself / herself / the person concerned syn 人家 rén jia other people / sb else / he, she or they / I, me (referring to oneself as "one" or "people") syn 投入 tóu rù to throw into / to put into / to throw oneself into / to participate in / to invest in / absorbed / engrossed syn 自身 zì shēn itself / oneself / one's own syn 所属 所屬 suǒ shǔ one's affiliation (i.e. the organization one is affiliated with) / subordinate (i.e. those subordinate to oneself) / belonging to / affiliated / under one's command syn 自行 zì xíng voluntary / autonomous / by oneself / self- syn 体验 體驗 tǐ yàn to experience for oneself syn 大哥 dà gē eldest brother / big brother (polite address for a man of about the same age as oneself) / gang leader / boss syn 隐藏 隱藏 yǐn cáng to hide / to conceal / to mask / to shelter / to harbor (i.e. keep sth hidden) / to hide oneself / to lie low / to nestle / hidden / implicit / private / covert / recessed (lighting) syn 美容 měi róng to improve one's appearance (using cosmetics or cosmetic surgery) / to make oneself more attractive / to beautify syn 自主 zì zhǔ independent / to act for oneself / autonomous syn 亲自 親自 qīn zì personally / in person / oneself syn 自信 zì xìn to have confidence in oneself / self-confidence syn 笔者 筆者 bǐ zhě the author / the writer (usu. refers to oneself) syn 单独 單獨 dān dú alone / by oneself / on one's own syn 自拍 zì pāi to take a picture or video of oneself / to take a selfie / selfie 锻炼 鍛煉 duàn liàn to toughen / to temper / to engage in physical exercise / to work out / (fig.) to develop one's skills / to train oneself syn 