己 jǐ
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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)
Contained in
- 己亲(己親) one's relatives
- 舍己成人(捨己成人) to give up one's own interests to help other people
- 回家吃自己 to get sacked; to be fired
- 视为知己(視為知己) to consider as close friend; to take into one's confidence
- 威福自己 to exercise power arbitrarily
- 正己 to correct oneself
- 反求诸己(反求諸己) to seek the cause in oneself rather than somebody else
- 一己 oneself
- 知己 a close friend ; to know oneself
- 克己复礼(克己復禮) restrain yourself and return to the rites (idiom, from Analects); to subdue self and observe proprieties
- 己独(己獨) only him
- 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.
- 酒逢知己千杯少 a thousand cups of wine is not too much when best friends meet
- 固执己见(固執己見) to persist in one's views
- 视同己出(視同己出) to regard as one's own child
- 知彼知己 to know the enemy and know oneself
- 严以律己(嚴以律己) to be strict with oneself; to demand a lot of oneself
- 事不关己(事不關己) a matter of no concern to oneself
- 律己 self restraint
- 利己 to benefit oneself
- 安分守己 to abide by the law and behave oneself; to know one's place
- 己酉 forty-sixth year F10 of the 60 year cycle
- 复礼克己(復禮克己) to practice self-restraint
- 己未 fifty sixth year of the 60 year cycle
- 己卯 sixteenth year F4 of the 60 year cycle
- 己型肝炎 hepatitis F
- 表现自己(表現自己) to express oneself; to give an account of oneself; to project oneself; to show off
- 做自己 to be oneself
- 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.
- 舍己就人(捨己就人) to give up one's own interests for other people
- 诛锄异己(誅鋤異己) to wipe out dissenters; to exterminate those who disagree
- 克己(剋己) self-restraint; discipline; selflessness ; cheap ; to be thrifty
- 各执己见(各執己見) each [person] sticks to his own view
- 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
- 体己钱(體己錢) private saved money of close family members
- 为己任(為己任) to make it one's business; to take upon oneself to
- 克己奉公(剋己奉公) self-restraint and devotion to public duties; selfless dedication
- 严于律己(嚴於律己) to be strict with oneself
- 异己(異己) a dissident; an alien; an outsider
- 事不关己,高高挂起(事不關己,高高掛起) to feel unconcerned and let matters rest
- 切己 personal ; to be intimate
- 海内存知己,天涯若比邻(海內存知己,天涯若比鄰) close friend in a distant land, far-flung realms as next door; close in spirit although far away
- 虚己以听(虛己以聽) to listen to the ideas of others with an open mind
- 推己及人 to understand someone else's position; to put oneself in somebody else's shoes
- 自己 self
- 占为己有(佔為己有) to appropriate to oneself (what rightfully belongs to others)
- 各持己见(各持己見) each adheres to their own views
- 损人利己(損人利己) to benefit at the expense of others
- 不以物喜,不以己悲 not to become attached to material things, not to pity oneself
- 各抒己见(各抒己見) everyone gives their own view
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