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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表现自己(表現自己) to express oneself; to give an account of oneself; to project oneself; to show off
诛锄异己(誅鋤異己) to wipe out dissenters; to exterminate those who disagree
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
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
舍己救人(捨己救人) to abandon self for others; to sacrifice oneself to help the people; altruism
坚持己意(堅持己意) stubbornly hold to one's own opinion
身己 oneself ; body ; identity
切己 personal ; to be intimate
为己(為己) middle voice; atmanepada
奉公克己(奉公剋己) self-restraint and devotion to public duties; selfless dedication
损人利己(損人利己) to benefit at the expense of others
己独(己獨) only him
各持己见(各持己見) each adheres to their own views
舍己为人(捨己為人) to abandon self for others; to sacrifice one's own interest for other people
红颜知己(紅顏知己) close female friend; confidante
事不关己，高高挂起(事不關己，高高掛起) to feel unconcerned and let matters rest
推己及人 to understand someone else's position; to put oneself in somebody else's shoes
克己奉公(剋己奉公) self-restraint and devotion to public duties; selfless dedication
知己知彼 know yourself, know your enemy
体己 personal savings ; intimate with ; intimate; private saving of family members
利己主义(利己主義) egoism
舍己为公(捨己為公) to give up one's private interests for the public good; to behave altruistically
知彼知己 to know the enemy and know oneself
己亥 Jihai year; thirty sixth year
己方 our side; one's own (side etc)
反求诸己(反求諸己) to seek the cause in oneself rather than somebody else
占为己有(佔為己有) to appropriate to oneself (what rightfully belongs to others)
瞒心昧己(瞞心昧己) to blot out one's conscience
己未 fifty sixth year of the 60 year cycle
异己(異己) a dissident; an alien; an outsider
舍己(捨己) selfless; self-sacrifice (to help others); self-renunciation; altruism
酒逢知己千杯少 a thousand cups of wine is not too much when best friends meet
舍己就人(捨己就人) to give up one's own interests for other people
坚持己论(堅持己論) stubbornly hold to one's own ideas
己丑 twenty-sixth year F2 of the 60 year cycle
回家吃自己 to get sacked; to be fired
一己 oneself
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
爱人如己(愛人如己) love thy neighbor like thyself
己见(己見) one's own viewpoint
孔乙己 Kong Yiji, protagonist of short story by Lu Xun 魯迅|鲁迅
爱己注意(愛己注意) egoism
己巳 sixth year F6 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1989 or 2049
己己瞒心(己己瞞心) to blot out one's conscience
自己动手(自己動手) to do oneself; to help oneself to
自己人 those on our side; ourselves; one's own people; one of us
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
梯己 personal savings ; intimate with
知己 a close friend ; to know oneself
虚己以听(虛己以聽) to listen to the ideas of others with an open mind

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