Chinese Notes

己 jǐ

jǐ pronoun self
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In Literary Chinese this reflexive personal pronoun may be used in subject or object position (Guoyu '己' pronoun; Kroll 2015 '己' 1, p. 186; Mathews 1931 '己', p. 57; NCCED '己', p. 739; Pulleyblank 1995, p. 83; Unihan '己'; XHZD '己' 1, p. 315). For example, 其恕乎！己所不欲，勿施於人。 'Is not reciprocity such a word? What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others.' (Lunyu 17:24, trans. by Legge 1861)
jǐ noun sixth of 10 heavenly trunks
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 , Concept: Heavenly Stem 天干
Notes: (Guoyu '己' n 1; Kroll 2015 '己' 1, p. 186; Mathews 1931 '己', p. 57; Unihan '己'; XHZD '己' 2, p. 315)
jǐ noun Kangxi radical 49
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Radicals
Notes: (ABC back cover; GHC p. 7; Guoyu '己' n 3)
jǐ pronoun her; him; it
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Third person pronoun (Kroll 2015 '己' 3, p. 186)
jǐ ordinal sixth
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: As an ordinal number (Guoyu '己' n 2)

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己亥 Jihai year; thirty sixth year
爱己注意(愛己注意) egoism
走自己的路，让人家去说(走自己的路，讓人家去說) Go your own way, let others say what they like. (popular modern cliche) / Do it my way.
己身 oneself
利己主义(利己主義) egoism
坚持己意(堅持己意) stubbornly hold to one's own opinion
人在江湖，身不由己 you can't always do as you like; one has to compromise in this world
己亲(己親) one's relatives
己型肝炎 hepatitis F
红颜知己(紅顏知己) close female friend; confidante
固执己见(固執己見) to persist in one's views
克己复礼(克己復禮) restrain yourself and return to the rites (idiom, from Analects); to subdue self and observe proprieties
若要人不知，除非己莫为(若要人不知，除非己莫為) If you don't want anyone to know, don't do it . If you do something bad, people will inevitably hear about it.
己独(己獨) only him
视为知己(視為知己) to consider as close friend; to take into one's confidence
为己(為己) middle voice; atmanepada
体己钱(體己錢) private saved money of close family members
各持己见(各持己見) each adheres to their own views
知彼知己 to know the enemy and know oneself
知己知彼，百战不殆(知己知彼，百戰不殆) know yourself and know your enemy, and you will never be defeated
切己 personal ; to be intimate
自己 self
知己知彼 know yourself, know your enemy
律己 self restraint
反求诸己(反求諸己) to seek the cause in oneself rather than somebody else
异己(異己) a dissident; an alien; an outsider
回家吃自己 to get sacked; to be fired
搬起石头砸自己的脚(搬起石頭砸自己的腳) to crush one's own foot while trying to maneuver a rock (to a cliff edge, to drop on one's enemy)
克己(剋己) self-restraint; discipline; selflessness ; cheap ; to be thrifty
舍己(捨己) selfless; self-sacrifice (to help others); self-renunciation; altruism
占为己有(佔為己有) to appropriate to oneself (what rightfully belongs to others)
坚持己论(堅持己論) stubbornly hold to one's own ideas
舍己为公(捨己為公) to give up one's private interests for the public good; to behave altruistically
各执己见(各執己見) each [person] sticks to his own view
爱人如己(愛人如己) love thy neighbor like thyself
己巳 sixth year F6 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1989 or 2049
严以律己(嚴以律己) to be strict with oneself; to demand a lot of oneself
舍己就人(捨己就人) to give up one's own interests for other people
视同己出(視同己出) to regard as one's own child
梯己 personal savings ; intimate with
安分守己 to abide by the law and behave oneself; to know one's place
事不关己(事不關己) a matter of no concern to oneself
身不由己 without the freedom to act independently; involuntary; not of one's own volition
士为知己者死，女为悦己者容(士為知己者死，女為悅己者容) a true gentleman will sacrifice his life for a friend who understands him, as a woman makes herself beautiful for her sweetheart
正己 to correct oneself
己未 fifty sixth year of the 60 year cycle
自己人 those on our side; ourselves; one's own people; one of us
己所不欲 what you yourself do not desire
搬石头砸自己的脚(搬石頭砸自己的腳) to move a stone and stub one's toe; to shoot oneself in the foot
严以责己宽以待人(嚴以責己寬以待人) to be severe with oneself and lenient with others

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