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self [selves] (individual person as the object of own reflective consciousness) noun [UK: self] [US: ˈself] | 自己 /zìjǐ/noun 自我 /zìwǒ/noun |
selfie (photographic self-portrait) noun [UK: sˈelfi] [US: sˈelfi] | 自拍 /zìpāi/noun |
selfie stick (extendable arm to hold a camera) noun | 自拍杆 /zìpāigān/noun 自拍棍 /zìpāigùn/noun 自拍棒 /zìpāibàng/noun |
selfish (holding one's self-interest as the standard for decision making) adjective [UK: ˈself.ɪʃ] [US: ˈself.ɪʃ] | 自私 /zìsī/adjective |
selfless (having, exhibiting or motivated by no concern for oneself; unselfish) adjective [UK: ˈsel.fləs] [US: ˈsel.fləs] | 公而忘私 /gōng'érwàngsī/adjective 忘我的 /wàngwǒ de/adjective 无私 /wúsī/adjective 無私adjective |
make oneself at home (make oneself comfortable as if one were in one's own home) verb [UK: ˈmeɪk wʌn.ˈself ət həʊm] [US: ˈmeɪk wʌn.ˈself ət hoʊm] | 別客氣verb 别客气 /bié kèqi/verb |
make yourself at home phrase | 請不要客氣phrase 請不要拘禮phrase 请不要客气 /qǐng bùyào kèqì/phrase 请不要拘礼 /qǐng bùyào jūlǐ/phrase |
pull oneself together (to become mentally focused after a period of being unfocused) verb [UK: pʊl wʌn.ˈself tə.ˈɡe.ðə(r)] [US: ˈpʊl wʌn.ˈself tə.ˈɡe.ðər] | 振作起來verb 鎮定下來verb |
put oneself in someone's shoes (look at a situation as if one were the other person) verb | 將心比心verb 換位思考verb 設身處地verb |
shoot oneself in the foot (to act against one's own interest) verb | |
to thine own self be true (proverb) phrase | 对自己忠实 /duì zìjǐ zhōngshí/phrase 對自己忠實phrase |