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 单位 單位 dān wèi unit (of measure) / unit (group of people as a whole) / work unit (place of employment, esp. in the PRC prior to economic reform) / CL:個|个[ge4] 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 改造 gǎi zào to transform / to reform / to remodel / to remold syn 得意 dé yì proud of oneself / pleased with oneself / complacent syn 改革 gǎi gé reform / CL:次[ci4],種|种[zhong3],項|项[xiang4] / to reform 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 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 改良 gǎi liáng to improve (sth) / to reform (a system) syn 再造 zài zào to give a new lease of life / to reconstruct / to reform / to rework / to recycle / to reproduce (copies, or offspring) / restoration / restructuring 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 感化 gǎn huà corrective influence / to reform (a criminal) / redemption (of a sinner) / to influence (a malefactor to a better life) / to guide sb back to the right path by repeated word and example syn 劳改 勞改 láo gǎi abbr. for 勞動改造|劳动改造[lao2 dong4 gai3 zao4] / reform through labor / laogai (prison camp) 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 狂飙 狂飆 kuáng biāo hurricane / violent reform or revolution / violent movement or force 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 整改 zhěng gǎi to reform / to rectify and improve 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 维新 維新 wéi xīn (political) reform / revitalization / modernization syn 土地改革 tǔ dì gǎi gé land reform 变法 變法 biàn fǎ to change the laws / political reform / unconventional method syn 工读生 工讀生 gōng dú shēng student who also works part-time / (old) reform-school student 土改 tǔ gǎi land reform (abbr. for 土地改革[tu3di4 gai3ge2]) 改革开放 改革開放 gǎi gé kāi fàng to reform and open to the outside world / refers to Deng Xiaoping's policies from around 1980 发改委 發改委 fā gǎi wěi abbr. for 國家發展和改革委員會|国家发展和改革委员会, PRC National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), formed in 2003 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) 医改 醫改 yī gǎi reform of the medical system 自我安慰 zì wǒ ān wèi to comfort oneself / to console oneself / to reassure oneself 梁启超 梁啟超 liáng qǐ chāo Liang Qichao (1873-1929), influential journalist and a leader of the failed reform movement of 1898 金融改革 jīn róng gǎi gé financial reform 康有为 康有為 kāng yǒu wéi Kang Youwei (1858-1927), Confucian intellectual, educator and would-be reformer, main leader of the failed reform movement of 1898 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 贫下中农 貧下中農 pín xià zhōng nóng (category defined by the Communist Party) poor and lower-middle peasants: farmers who, before land reform, possessed little or no land (poor peasants) and those who were barely able to support themselves with their own land (lower-middle peasants) 谭嗣同 譚嗣同 tán sì tóng Tan Sitong (1865-1898), Qing writer and politician, one of the Six Gentlemen Martyrs 戊戌六君子 of the unsuccessful reform movement of 1898 移风易俗 移風易俗 yí fēng yì sú (idiom) to reform habits and customs 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 改过自新 改過自新 gǎi guò zì xīn to reform and start afresh (idiom) / to turn over a new leaf syn 革 gé animal hide / leather / to reform / to remove / to expel (from office) syn 悛 quān to reform 国家计划委员会 國家計劃委員會 guó jiā jì huà wěi yuán huì PRC State Planning Committee, set up in 1952, replaced in 1998 by State Development and Planning Committee 國家發展計劃委員會|国家发展计划委员会[Guo2 jia1 Fa1 zhan3 Ji4 hua4 Wei3 yuan2 hui4] then in 2003 by National Development and Reform Commission 國家發展和改革委員會|国家发展和改革委员会[Guo2 jia1 Fa1 zhan3 he2 Gai3 ge2 Wei3 yuan2 hui4] 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 