白左 bái zuǒ naive, self-righteous Western liberals (neologism c. 2015) 自爱 自愛 zì ài self-respect / self-love / self-regard / regard for oneself / to cherish one's good name / to take good care of one's health syn 飘飘然 飄飄然 piāo piāo rán elated / light and airy feeling (after a few drinks) / smug and conceited / complacent syn 志高气扬 志高氣揚 zhì gāo qì yáng high-spirited and smug 人无远虑，必有近忧 人無遠慮，必有近憂 rén wú yuǎn lǜ , bì yǒu jìn yōu He who gives no thought to far-flung problems soon finds suffering nearby (idiom, from Analects). / Smug concentration on the here and now will lead to future sorrow. 踌躇满志 躊躇滿志 chóu chú mǎn zhì enormously proud of one's success (idiom) / smug / complacent syn 上脸 上臉 shàng liǎn to turn red in the face (while drinking) / to become smug (when complimented) 得瑟 dè se (dialect) cocky / smug / to show off 屁颠屁颠 屁顛屁顛 pì diān pì diān lit. jolting buttocks / (colloquial intensifier) groveling / eager / compliant / smug 神气活现 神氣活現 shén qì huó xiàn arrogant appearance / smug appearance / to act condescending / to put on airs syn 忠义 忠義 zhōng yì loyal and righteous / fealty / loyalty 义士 義士 yì shì high-minded and righteous person / patriot / loyalist syn 义和团 義和團 yì hé tuán the Righteous and Harmonious Fists / the Boxers (history) 义薄云天 義薄雲天 yì bó yún tiān supremely honorable and righteous 三侠五义 三俠五義 sān xiá wǔ yì Sanxia wuyi (lit. Three knight-errants and five righteous one), novel edited from stories of late Qing dynasty pinghua 評話|评话 master storyteller Shi Yukun 石玉昆 义和拳 義和拳 yì hé quán the Righteous and Harmonious Fists / the Boxers (history) 正义 正義 zhèng yì justice / righteousness / just / righteous syn 义愤填膺 義憤填膺 yì fèn tián yīng righteous indignation fills one's breast (idiom) / to feel indignant at injustice syn 就义 就義 jiù yì to be killed for a righteous cause / to die a martyr syn 义愤 義憤 yì fèn righteous indignation / moral indignation syn 哀兵必胜 哀兵必勝 āi bīng bì shèng an army burning with righteous indignation is bound to win (idiom) syn 义愤填胸 義憤填胸 yì fèn tián xiōng righteous indignation fills one's breast (idiom) / to feel indignant at injustice 正义斗争 正義鬥爭 zhèng yì dòu zhēng righteous struggle 义人 義人 yì rén righteous man 义怒 義怒 yì nù righteous anger 议和团 議和團 yì hé tuán erroneous variant of 義和團|义和团, the righteous harmonious fists / the Boxers 酷毙 酷斃 kù bì (slang) awesome / cool / righteous 自律 zì lǜ self-discipline / self-regulation / autonomy (ethics) / autonomic (physiology) syn 自尊 zì zūn self-respect / self-esteem / ego / pride 自立 zì lì independent / self-reliant / self-sustaining / to stand on one's own feet / to support oneself syn 自尊心 zì zūn xīn self-respect / self-esteem / ego 自备 自備 zì bèi to provide one's own... / own / self-provided / self-contained 自保 zì bǎo to defend oneself / self-defense / self-preservation 自检 自檢 zì jiǎn to act with self-restraint / to examine oneself / to perform a self-test 自省 zì xǐng to examine oneself / to reflect on one's shortcomings / introspection / self-awareness / self-criticism syn 自恃 zì shì self-esteem / self-reliance / overconfident / conceited syn 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 故我 gù wǒ one's old self / one's original self / what one has always been 舍己 捨己 shě jǐ selfless / self-sacrifice (to help others) / self-renunciation / altruism 自我陶醉 zì wǒ táo zuì self-satisfied / self-imbued / narcissistic syn 自我实现 自我實現 zì wǒ shí xiàn self-actualization (psychology) / self-realization 联合自强 聯合自強 lián hé zì qiáng to combine together for self-improvement / joint movement for self-strengthening 单独自卫 individual self-defence / self-defence 自决运动 zì jué yùn dòng Movement for Self-Determination / Self-Determination Movement 自毁装置 自毀裝置 zì huǐ zhuāng zhì self-destructing mechanism / self-destruction mechanism 自锻破片 自鍛破片 self-forming fragment / self-forging fragment 自行失效 self-neutralization / self-deactivation 自我维持标准 自我維持標準 self-sustainment standards / performance standards for self-sustainment 自我维持性能标准 自我維持性能標準 self-sustainment standards / performance standards for self-sustainment 自动装填的武器 自動裝填的武器 self-loading weapon / self-loader 自我维持偿还率 自我維持償還率 self-sustainment reimbursement rate / self-sustainment rate 自我维持安排 自我維持安排 self-sustainment arrangement / self-sustainment contract 自我维持安排合同 自我維持安排合同 self-sustainment arrangement / self-sustainment contract 防卫过当 防衛過當 fáng wèi guò dàng excessive self-defense (self-defense with excessive force) 自持 zì chí to control onself / to exercise self-restraint / self-sustaining syn 理直气壮 理直氣壯 lǐ zhí qì zhuàng in the right and self-confident (idiom) / bold and confident with justice on one's side / to have the courage of one's convictions / just and forceful syn 保甲 bǎo jiǎ historical communal administrative and self-defence system created during the Song Dynasty and revived during the Republican Era, in which households are grouped in jia 甲[jia3] and jia are grouped in bao 保[bao3] 幽明 yōu míng the hidden and the visible / that which can be seen and that which cannot / darkness and light / night and day / wisdom and ignorance / evil and good / the living and the dead / men and ghosts 幽明 yōu - míng the hidden and the visible / that which can be seen and that which cannot / darkness and light / night and day / wisdom and ignorance / evil and good / the living and the dead / men and ghosts 克己复礼 克己復禮 kè jǐ fù lǐ restrain yourself and return to the rites (idiom, from Analects) / to subdue self and observe proprieties / (any number of possible translations) 武术 武術 wǔ shù military skill or technique (in former times) / all kinds of martial art sports (some claiming spiritual development) / self-defense / tradition of choreographed fights from opera and film (recent usage) / also called kungfu 功夫 / CL:種|种[zhong3] syn 义气 義氣 yì qì spirit of loyalty and self-sacrifice / code of brotherhood / also pr. [yi4 qi5] syn 踌躇 躊躇 chóu chú to hesitate / (literary) to pace back and forth / (literary) self-satisfied syn 民族主义 民族主義 mín zú zhǔ yì nationalism / national self-determination / principle of nationalism, the first of Dr Sun Yat-sen's 孫中山|孙中山 Three Principles of the People 三民主義|三民主义 (at the time, meaning parity between China and the great powers) / racism 独立自主 獨立自主 dú lì zì zhǔ independent and autonomous (idiom) / self-determination / to act independently / to maintain control over one's own affairs syn 导引 導引 dǎo yǐn same as 引導|引导[yin3 dao3] / Dao Yin, Daoist exercises involving breathing, stretching and self-massage 贪玩 貪玩 tān wán to only want to have a good time / to just want to have fun, and to shy away from self-discipline 袁世凯 袁世凱 yuán shì kǎi Yuan Shikai (1859-1916), senior general of late Qing, subsequently warlord and self-proclaimed emperor of China 自私自利 zì sī zì lì everything for self and selfish profit (idiom) / with no regard for others / selfish / mercenary syn 臣妾 chén qiè (literary) I, your servant (self-appellation of a lower-rank female) / (archaic) male and female slaves / subjects (of a ruler) 拿大 ná dà to put on airs / self-important / high and mighty 刚愎自用 剛愎自用 gāng bì zì yòng obstinate and self-opinionated (idiom) syn 克己奉公 剋己奉公 kè jǐ fèng gōng self-restraint and devotion to public duties (idiom) / selfless dedication / to serve the public interest wholeheartedly syn 六亲不认 六親不認 liù qīn bù rèn not recognizing one's family (idiom) / self-centered and not making any allowances for the needs of one's relatives syn 奉公克己 奉公剋己 fèng gōng kè jǐ self-restraint and devotion to public duties (idiom) / selfless dedication / to serve the public interest wholeheartedly 民生主义 民生主義 mín shēng zhǔ yì principle of people's livelihood, the third of Dr Sun Yat-sen's 孫中山|孙中山 Three Principles of the People 三民主義|三民主义 (at the time, meaning redistribution of wealth, self-sufficiency and internal trade) 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 指事字 zhǐ shì zì ideogram (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters) / Chinese character indicating an idea, such as up and down / also known as self-explanatory character 哀家 āi jiā I, me (self-referring by a widowed empress etc, used in historical novels and operas) 指事 zhǐ shì ideogram (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters) / Chinese character indicating an idea, such as up and down / also known as self-explanatory character 港女 gǎng nǚ girl wth undesirable personality traits such as materialism and self-centeredness, supposedly stereotypical of Hong Kong girls (slang) 疏放 shū fàng eccentric / self-indulgent / free and unconventional (written style) / unbuttoned 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 促进民族自尊、统一和繁荣总统特别宣言 促進民族自尊、統一和繁榮總統特別宣言 Special Declaration of the President in the Interest of National Self-esteem, Unification and Prosperity 支持纳米比亚自决和民族独立的行动纲领 支持納米比亞自決和民族獨立的行動綱領 Programme of Action in Support of Self-Determination and National Independence for Namibia 科技政策促进穆斯林世界自力更生会议 科技政策促進穆斯林世界自力更生會議 Conference on Science and Technology Policy for Self-Reliance in the Muslim World 监测、自我评价和报告制度 監測、自我評價和報告制度 monitoring, self-evaluation and reporting system 科索沃和平与自治临时协定 科索沃和平與自治臨時協定 Interim Agreement for Peace and Self-Government in Kosovo / Rambouillet Accords 朗布依埃协定 朗布依埃協定 Interim Agreement for Peace and Self-Government in Kosovo / Rambouillet Accords 人权和自决方桉科 人權和自決方案科 Human Rights and Self-Determination Programmes Section 卫生、职业训练和自力更生项目 衛生、職業訓練和自力更生項目 Health, Vocational Training and Self-reliance Project 阿鲁沙集体自力更生纲领和谈判框架 阿魯沙集體自力更生綱領和談判框架 Arusha Programme for Collective Self-Reliance and Framework for Negotiations 区域合作与自决司 區域合作與自決司 Division for Regional Cooperation and Self-Determination 三族 sān zú (old) three generations (father, self and sons) / three clans (your own, your mother's, your wife's) 斗私批修 鬥私批修 dòu sī pī xiū fight self-interest and repudiate revisionism (Cultural Revolution slogan) 商超 shāng chāo superstore – a hybrid retail format combining department store 商場|商场[shang1 chang3] (branded goods) and supermarket 超市[chao1 shi4] (self-service groceries) 现实 現實 xiàn shí reality / actuality / real / actual / realistic / pragmatic / materialistic / self-interested syn 自我 zì wǒ self- / ego (psychology) syn 自行 zì xíng voluntary / autonomous / by oneself / self- syn 