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 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 得意 dé yì proud of oneself / pleased with oneself / complacent syn 愈合 yù hé (of a wound) to heal 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 疗养 療養 liáo yǎng to get well / to heal / to recuperate / to convalesce / convalescence / to nurse 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 封口 fēng kǒu to close up / to heal (of wound) / to keep one's lips sealed 磨练 磨練 mó liàn to temper oneself / to steel oneself / self-discipline / endurance syn 救死扶伤 救死扶傷 jiù sǐ fú shāng to help the dying and heal the injured syn 卖身 賣身 mài shēn to prostitute oneself / to sell oneself into slavery syn 抚平 撫平 fǔ píng to flatten / to smooth down / to unwrinkle / (fig.) to soothe (emotional wounds) / to heal (scars) 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 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 养伤 養傷 yǎng shāng to heal a wound / to recuperate (from an injury) 现眼 現眼 xiàn yǎn to embarrass oneself / to make a fool of 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 弥合 彌合 mí hé to cause a wound to close up and heal 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 疗伤 療傷 liáo shāng healing / to heal / to make healthy again 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 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 收口 shōu kǒu (knitting, basket weaving etc) to cast off / to bind / (of a wound) to close up / to heal 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 愈 癒 yù variant of 愈[yu4] / to heal syn 瘳 chōu to convalesce / to recover / to heal 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 自以为是 自以為是 zì yǐ wéi shì to believe oneself infallible (idiom) / to be opinionated syn 现身 現身 xiàn shēn to show oneself / to appear / (of a deity) to appear in the flesh 自找 zì zhǎo to suffer as a consequence of one's own actions / you asked for it / to bring it on oneself (sth unpleasant) syn 联 聯 lián (bound form) to ally oneself with / to unite / to combine / to join / (bound form) (poetry) antithetical couplet syn 装扮 裝扮 zhuāng bàn to decorate / to adorn / to dress up / to disguise oneself syn 愧疚 kuì jiù to feel guilty / to feel ashamed of oneself / to be remorseful syn 交代 jiāo dài to transfer (duties to sb else) / to give instructions / to tell (sb to do sth) / to explain / to give an account / to brief / to confess / to account for oneself / (jocular) to come to a bad end syn 脱光 脫光 tuō guāng to strip naked / to strip nude / (coll.) to find oneself a partner 忍耐 rěn nài to endure / to bear with / to exercise patience / to restrain oneself / patience / endurance syn 卖力 賣力 mài lì to work hard / to do one's very best / to throw oneself into the task at hand syn 沉迷 chén mí to be engrossed / to be absorbed with / to lose oneself in / to be addicted to syn 辩解 辯解 biàn jiě to explain / to justify / to defend (a point of view etc) / to provide an explanation / to try to defend oneself syn 玩耍 wán shuǎ to play (as children do) / to amuse oneself syn 小人 xiǎo rén person of low social status (old) / I, me (used to refer humbly to oneself) / nasty person / vile character syn 全身心 quán shēn xīn wholeheartedly / (to devote oneself) heart and soul syn 假扮 jiǎ bàn to impersonate / to act the part of sb / to disguise oneself as sb else syn 美容 měi róng to improve one's appearance (using cosmetics or cosmetic surgery) / to make oneself more attractive / to beautify syn 躲藏 duǒ cáng to conceal oneself / to go into hiding / to take cover syn 吊死 diào sǐ death by hanging / to hang oneself syn 谋生 謀生 móu shēng to seek one's livelihood / to work to support oneself / to earn a living syn 向上 xiàng shàng upward / up / to advance / to try to improve oneself / to make progress syn 开胃 開胃 kāi wèi to whet the appetite / appetizing / to amuse oneself at sb's expense / to tease 风头 風頭 fēng tóu wind direction / the way the wind blows / fig. trend / direction of events / how things develop (esp. how they affect oneself) / public opinion (concerning one's actions) / publicity (usually derog.) / limelight syn 亲身 親身 qīn shēn personal / oneself syn 卖淫 賣淫 mài yín prostitution / to prostitute oneself syn 