清 qīng (of water etc) clear / clean / quiet / still / pure / uncorrupted / clear / distinct / to clear / to settle (accounts) syn 干净 乾淨 gān jìng clean / neat syn 物 wù (bound form) thing / (literary) the outside world as distinct from oneself / people other than oneself 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 打扫 打掃 dǎ sǎo to clean / to sweep syn 振作 zhèn zuò to bestir oneself / to pull oneself together / to cheer up / to uplift / to stimulate 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 清洁 清潔 qīng jié clean / to clean syn 清洗 qīng xǐ to wash / to rinse / to clean / (fig.) to purge / to get rid of (corrupt individuals etc) syn 纯洁 純潔 chún jié pure / clean and honest / to purify syn 得意 dé yì proud of oneself / pleased with oneself / complacent syn 清新 qīng xīn fresh and clean syn 反省 fǎn xǐng to reflect upon oneself / to examine one's conscience / to question oneself / to search one's soul syn 纯净 純淨 chún jìng pure / clean / unmixed 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 干洗 乾洗 gān xǐ to dry clean / dry cleaning 一干二净 一乾二淨 yī gān èr jìng thoroughly (idiom) / completely / one and all / very clean syn 自个儿 自個兒 zì gě r (dialect) oneself / by oneself syn 干净利落 乾淨利落 gān jìng lì luo squeaky clean / neat and tidy / efficient 自拔 zì bá to free oneself / to extricate oneself from a difficult situation syn 逃之夭夭 táo zhī yāo yāo to escape without trace (idiom) / to make one's getaway (from the scene of a crime) / to show a clean pair of heels 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 洁净 潔淨 jié jìng clean / to cleanse syn 磨练 磨練 mó liàn to temper oneself / to steel oneself / self-discipline / endurance syn 卖身 賣身 mài shēn to prostitute oneself / to sell oneself into slavery syn 洗刷 xǐ shuā to wipe clean / to scrub / (fig.) to get rid of (a bad reputation, a misconception etc) syn 擦拭 cā shì to wipe clean syn 扫除 掃除 sǎo chú to clean / to clean up / to eliminate / to wipe out syn 擦洗 cā xǐ to clean (with water or alcohol) / to wipe and wash / to swab / to scrub syn 推举 推舉 tuī jǔ to nominate as a worthy candidate / to recommend / to elect / to choose / (weightlifting) to (clean and) press syn 和盘托出 和盤托出 hé pán tuō chū lit. to put everything out including the tray / to reveal everything / to make a clean breast of it all syn 坦承 tǎn chéng to confess / to admit / to come clean / calmly syn 自理 zì lǐ to take care of oneself / to provide for oneself 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 光洁 光潔 guāng jié bright and clean syn 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 自居 zì jū to consider oneself as / to believe oneself to be syn 自嘲 zì cháo to mock oneself / to laugh at oneself 皎洁 皎潔 jiǎo jié shining clean / bright (moonlight) syn 清道 qīng dào to clean the street / to clear the road (i.e. get rid of people for passage of royalty or VIP) 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 净水 淨水 jìng shuǐ clean water / purified water 现眼 現眼 xiàn yǎn to embarrass oneself / to make a fool of oneself syn 搓洗 cuō xǐ to rub clean (garments) / to scrub syn 清真 qīng zhēn Islamic / Muslim / halal (of food) / clean / pure syn 挺举 挺舉 tǐng jǔ clean and jerk (weightlifting technique) syn 高洁 高潔 gāo jié noble and clean-living / lofty and unsullied syn 清剿 qīng jiǎo to suppress (insurgents) / clean-up operation syn 整肃 整肅 zhěng sù strict / serious / solemn / dignified / to tidy up / to clean up / to purge / to adjust syn 刷洗 shuā xǐ to scrub clean syn 奇缺 qí quē very short of (food, clean water etc) / extreme shortage / deficit 荡涤 蕩滌 dàng dí to clean up syn 两袖清风 兩袖清風 liǎng xiù qīng fēng lit. both sleeves flowing in the breeze (idiom) / having clean hands / uncorrupted / unsoiled by corrupt practices 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 廉政 lián zhèng to govern with integrity / clean and honest government syn 洗净 洗淨 xǐ jìng to wash clean 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 绿色食品 綠色食品 lǜ sè shí pǐn clean, unadulterated food product / organic food 自己动手 自己動手 zì jǐ dòng shǒu to do (sth) oneself / to help oneself to 自作 zì zuò to act for oneself / to view oneself (as clever, virtuous, attractive) 明净 明淨 míng jìng bright and clean / luminous syn 自我安慰 zì wǒ ān wèi to comfort oneself / to console oneself / to reassure oneself 去污 qù wū to decontaminate / to clean 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 洁净室 jié jìng shì clean room / clean laboratory 剃光头 剃光頭 tì guāng tóu to shave the whole head clean / crushing defeat 窗明几净 窗明几淨 chuāng míng jī jìng lit. clear window and clean table (idiom) / fig. bright and clean 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 洁 潔 jié clean syn 净 淨 jìng clean / completely / only / net (income, exports etc) / (Chinese opera) painted face male role syn 擦屁股 cā pì gu to wipe one’s ass / (fig.) (coll.) to clean up sb else's mess syn 淘 táo to wash / to clean out / to cleanse / to eliminate / to dredge syn 一刀两断 一刀兩斷 yī dāo liǎng duàn (idiom) to make a clean break with / to have nothing more to do with syn 肃 肅 sù respectful / solemn / to eliminate / to clean up syn 玉洁冰清 玉潔冰清 yù jié bīng qīng clear as ice and clean as jade (idiom) / spotless / irreproachable / incorruptible syn 蠲 juān to deduct / to show / bright and clean / glow-worm / galleyworm / millipede syn 絜 jié clean 自己 zì jǐ oneself / one's own syn 干 gān (bound form) to have to do with / to concern oneself with / one of the ten heavenly stems 天干[tian gan1] / (archaic) shield syn 先 xiān beforehand / first / earlier / at first / originally / for the time being / for now / (prefix) my late (in referring to deceased relatives older than oneself) syn 美 měi beautiful / very satisfactory / good / to beautify / to be pleased with oneself syn 远 遠 yuàn to distance oneself from (classical) syn 身 shēn body / life / oneself / personally / one's morality and conduct / the main part of a structure or body / pregnant / classifier for sets of clothes: suit, twinset / Kangxi radical 158 syn 自 zì (bound form) self / oneself / from / since / naturally / as a matter of course syn 个人 個人 gè rén individual / personal / oneself syn 自杀 自殺 zì shā to kill oneself / to commit suicide / to attempt suicide syn 单独 單獨 dān dú alone / by oneself / on one's own syn 亲自 親自 qīn zì personally / in person / oneself syn 自信 zì xìn to have confidence in oneself / self-confidence 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 投入 tóu rù to throw into / to put into / to throw oneself into / to participate in / to invest in / absorbed / engrossed syn 人家 rén jia other people / sb else / he, she or they / I, me (referring to oneself as "one" or "people") syn 方便 fāng biàn convenient / suitable / to facilitate / to make things easy / having money to spare / (euphemism) to relieve 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 保重 bǎo zhòng to take care of oneself syn 本人 běn rén I / me / myself / oneself / yourself / himself / herself / the person concerned syn 体验 體驗 tǐ yàn to experience for oneself syn 伪装 偽裝 wěi zhuāng to pretend to be (asleep etc) / to disguise oneself as / pretense / disguise / (military) to camouflage / camouflage syn 见识 見識 jiàn shi to gain first-hand knowledge of sth / to experience for oneself / knowledge / experience / insight syn 