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 暴露 bào lù to expose / to reveal / to lay bare / also pr. [pu4 lu4] 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 露出 lù chū to expose / to show / also pr. [lou4 chu1] syn 曝光 pù guāng exposure (e.g. of photosensitive material) / to expose (a scandal to the public) syn 揭露 jiē lù to expose / to unmask / to ferret out / to disclose / disclosure syn 得意 dé yì proud of oneself / pleased with oneself / complacent syn 揭发 揭發 jiē fā to expose / to bring to light / to disclose / revelation syn 反省 fǎn xǐng to reflect upon oneself / to examine one's conscience / to question oneself / to search one's soul 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 揭穿 jiē chuān to expose / to uncover syn 自个儿 自個兒 zì gě r (dialect) oneself / by oneself syn 自拔 zì bá to free oneself / to extricate oneself from a difficult situation 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 露馅 露餡 lòu xiàn to leak / to expose (sb's secret) / to spill the beans / to let the cat out of the bag 磨练 磨練 mó liàn to temper oneself / to steel oneself / self-discipline / endurance syn 清算 qīng suàn to settle accounts / to clear accounts / to liquidate / to expose and criticize 卖身 賣身 mài shēn to prostitute oneself / to sell oneself into slavery syn 展露 zhǎn lù to expose / to reveal syn 拆穿 chāi chuān to expose / to unmask / to see through (a lie etc) syn 露点 露點 lù diǎn dew point / (coll.) (of a woman) to expose one of the three areas (nipples and genitals) 示众 示眾 shì zhòng to publicly expose syn 戳穿 chuō chuān to puncture / to lay bear or expose (lies etc) 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 点破 點破 diǎn pò to lay bare in a few words / to expose with a word / to point out bluntly syn 曝露 pù lù to expose (to the air, light etc) / to leave uncovered / exposure 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 现眼 現眼 xiàn yǎn to embarrass oneself / to make a fool of oneself syn 引蛇出洞 yǐn shé chū dòng lit. to pull a snake from its hole / to expose a malefactor (idiom) syn 暴晒 暴曬 bào shài (of the sun) to scorch / to expose to a scorching sun 打假 dǎ jiǎ to fight counterfeiting / to expose as false / to denounce sb's lies 道破 dào pò to expose / to reveal 曝晒 曝曬 pù shài to expose to strong sunlight syn 袒露 tǎn lù to expose / to bare 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 揭底 jiē dǐ to reveal the inside story / to expose sb's secrets syn 揭短 jiē duǎn to expose sb's faults or shortcomings syn 曝光 bào guāng to expose (photography) / (fig.) to expose (a scandal) / (advertising) exposure / Taiwan pr. [pu4 guang1] syn 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) 自我安慰 zì wǒ ān wèi to comfort oneself / to console oneself / to reassure oneself 踢爆 tī bào to reveal / to expose 晒黑 曬黑 shài hēi to sunbathe / to tan / to get sunburnt / to expose unfair practices (on a consumer protection website) 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 剥蚀 剝蝕 bō shí to corrode / to expose by corrosion (geology) 蝉蜕 蟬蛻 chán tuì cicada slough / fig. to free oneself / to extricate oneself from syn 揭批 jiē pī to expose and criticize syn 破 pò broken / damaged / worn out / lousy / rotten / to break, split or cleave / to get rid of / to destroy / to break with / to defeat / to capture (a city etc) / to expose the truth of 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 露 lù dew / syrup / nectar / outdoors (not under cover) / to show / to reveal / to betray / to expose syn 露 lòu to show / to reveal / to betray / to expose syn 晒 曬 shài (of the sun) to shine on / to bask in (the sunshine) / to dry (clothes, grain etc) in the sun / (fig.) to expose and share (one's experiences and thoughts) on the Web (loanword from "share") / (coll.) to give the cold shoulder to syn 暴 bào sudden / violent / cruel / to show or expose / to injure syn 揭 jiē to take the lid off / to expose / to unmask syn 兜底 dōu dǐ to provide a safety net / (coll.) to reveal / to expose (sth disreputable) syn 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 吻合 wěn hé to be a good fit / to be identical with / to adjust oneself to / to fit in syn 老弟 lǎo dì (affectionate form of address for a male who is not very much younger than oneself) my boy / old pal syn 使命 shǐ mìng mission / long-term task to which one devotes oneself / a calling syn 脱离 脫離 tuō lí to separate oneself from / to break away from / diastasis (medicine) / abscission / abjunction (botany) syn 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 处在 處在 chǔ zài to be situated at / to find oneself at syn 迫不及待 pò bù jí dài (idiom) unable to hold oneself back / eager to do sth without delay syn 自身 zì shēn itself / oneself / one's own syn 自首 zì shǒu to give oneself up / to surrender (to the authorities) syn 脱身 脫身 tuō shēn to get away / to escape (from obligations) / to free oneself / to disengage syn 己 jǐ self / oneself / sixth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1] / sixth in order / letter "F" or Roman "VI" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / hexa syn 自卫 自衛 zì wèi to defend oneself / self-defense 自称 自稱 zì chēng to call oneself / to claim to be / to profess / to claim a title syn 自责 自責 zì zé to blame oneself syn 用力 yòng lì to exert oneself physically syn 认同 認同 rèn tóng to approve of / to endorse / to acknowledge / to recognize / to identify oneself with syn 