淘汰 táo tài to wash out / (fig.) to cull / to weed out / to eliminate / to die out / to phase out 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 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 清洗 qīng xǐ to wash / to rinse / to clean / (fig.) to purge / to get rid of (corrupt individuals etc) syn 洗手 xǐ shǒu to wash one's hands / to go to the toilet syn 得意 dé yì proud of oneself / pleased with oneself / complacent 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 冲洗 沖洗 chōng xǐ to rinse / to wash / (photography) to develop (film) syn 自个儿 自個兒 zì gě r (dialect) oneself / by oneself syn 流失 liú shī (of soil etc) to wash away / to be eroded / (fig.) (of talented staff, followers of a religious faith, investment funds etc) to go elsewhere / to fail to be retained 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 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 擦洗 cā xǐ to clean (with water or alcohol) / to wipe and wash / to swab / to scrub syn 缩水 縮水 suō shuǐ to shrink (in the wash) / fig. to shrink (of profits etc) syn 甩手 shuǎi shǒu to swing one's arms / to wash one's hands of sth syn 洗涤 洗滌 xǐ dí to rinse / to wash / washing syn 自理 zì lǐ to take care of oneself / to provide for oneself 冲刷 沖刷 chōng shuā to cleanse / to scrub / to scour / to wash down / to erode / to wash away 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 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 盥洗 guàn xǐ to wash up / to freshen up syn 涤荡 滌蕩 dí dàng to wash off syn 水墨画 水墨畫 shuǐ mò huà ink and wash painting 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 洗脸 洗臉 xǐ liǎn to wash the face / to wash your face 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) 洗碗 xǐ wǎn to wash the dishes 洗头 洗頭 xǐ tóu to wash one's hair / to have a shampoo 洗漱 xǐ shù to wash the face and rinse the mouth 自我安慰 zì wǒ ān wèi to comfort oneself / to console oneself / to reassure oneself 洗脱 洗脫 xǐ tuō to cleanse / to purge / to wash away syn 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 冲掉 沖掉 chōng diào to wash out / to leach 沐浴乳 mù yù rǔ body wash (liquid soap) / shower gel 洗心革面 xǐ xīn gé miàn lit. to wash one's heart and renew one's face (idiom) / to repent sincerely and mend one's mistaken ways / to turn over a new leaf syn 浣纱 浣紗 huàn shā to wash silk 淘洗 táo xǐ to wash syn 洗手盆 xǐ shǒu pén bathroom sink / wash basin 拆洗 chāi xǐ to unpick and wash (e.g. padded garment) 蝉蜕 蟬蛻 chán tuì cicada slough / fig. to free oneself / to extricate oneself from syn 洗 xǐ to wash / to bathe / to develop (photographs) / to shuffle (cards etc) / to erase (a recording) 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 沃 wò fertile / rich / to irrigate / to wash (of river) syn 荡 蕩 dàng to wash / to squander / to sweep away / to move / to shake / dissolute / pond syn 淘 táo to wash / to clean out / to cleanse / to eliminate / to dredge syn 浆洗 漿洗 jiāng xǐ to wash and starch syn 涤 滌 dí to wash / to cleanse syn 渲 xuàn wash (color) syn 洗手池 xǐ shǒu chí bathroom sink / wash basin 洗濯 xǐ zhuó to wash / to cleanse / to launder syn 净手 淨手 jìng shǒu to wash one's hands / (fig.) to go to the toilet syn 盥 guàn to wash (especially hands) 濯 zhuó to wash / to cleanse of evil syn 湔 jiān to wash / to redress (a wrong) / name of a river 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 