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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做自己 to be oneself
知彼知己，百战不殆(知彼知己，百戰不殆) knowing the enemy and yourself will get you unscathed through a hundred battles
各执己见(各執己見) each [person] sticks to his own view
爱己注意(愛己注意) egoism
己方 our side; one's own (side etc)
知己知彼 know yourself, know your enemy
身己 oneself ; body ; identity
不以物喜，不以己悲 not to become attached to material things, not to pity oneself
人不为己，天诛地灭(人不為己，天誅地滅) Look out for yourself, or heaven and earth will combine to destroy you.
身不由己 without the freedom to act independently; involuntary; not of one's own volition
金窝银窝不如自己的狗窝(金窩銀窩不如自己的狗窩) there's no place like home
瞒心昧己(瞞心昧己) to blot out one's conscience
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
表现自己(表現自己) to express oneself; to give an account of oneself; to project oneself; to show off
自己人 those on our side; ourselves; one's own people; one of us
知己 a close friend ; to know oneself
舍己成人(捨己成人) to give up one's own interests to help other people
切己 personal ; to be intimate
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
复礼克己(復禮克己) to practice self-restraint
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
推己及人 to understand someone else's position; to put oneself in somebody else's shoes
克己(剋己) self-restraint; discipline; selflessness ; cheap ; to be thrifty
己卯 sixteenth year F4 of the 60 year cycle
己己瞒心(己己瞞心) to blot out one's conscience
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)
异己(異己) a dissident; an alien; an outsider
各持己见(各持己見) each adheres to their own views
视为知己(視為知己) to consider as close friend; to take into one's confidence
回家吃自己 to get sacked; to be fired
私己 private; secretly
己丑 twenty-sixth year F2 of the 60 year cycle
己亲(己親) one's relatives
人饥己饥(人飢己飢) seeing others hungry, one also feels hungry
与人方便，自己方便(與人方便，自己方便) Help others, and others may help you .
屈己从人(屈己從人) to bow oneself to be humble to others
己所不欲 what you yourself do not desire
坚持己论(堅持己論) stubbornly hold to one's own ideas
己型肝炎 hepatitis F
为己(為己) middle voice; atmanepada
正己 to correct oneself
孔乙己 Kong Yiji, protagonist of short story by Lu Xun 魯迅|鲁迅
为己任(為己任) to make it one's business; to take upon oneself to
安分守己 to abide by the law and behave oneself; to know one's place
严于律己(嚴於律己) to be strict with oneself
己亥 Jihai year; thirty sixth year
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.
诛锄异己(誅鋤異己) to wipe out dissenters; to exterminate those who disagree
据为己有(據為己有) to take for one's own; to expropriate
固执己见(固執己見) to persist in one's views

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