to confess without being pressed / to make a confession without duress
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(of a rumor etc) to collapse (in the light of facts etc) / to be discredited
not daring to act for oneself (idiom)
unable to control oneself / to be beside oneself
uneasy / ill at ease
unnatural / artificial
give me liberty or give me death
not take a proper measure of oneself / to overrate one's own abilities
(idiom) to overestimate one's capabilities
goes without saying / obvious / self-evident
to turn up without being invited / unsolicited
regarding oneself as number one in terms of leadership, seniority or status
to let things take their course (idiom) / to leave it to nature / laissez-faire
to be oneself
always / always regardless (of anything)
free and at leisure (idiom) / unfettered
cellular automaton
younger generations will do all right on their own (idiom)
racing bicycle / road bike
there is a reason for it / (of sth) not incidental
one's own (respective) / proprietary
ice or coals, whether hot or cold goes without saying (idiom) / fig. sincerity is not expressed in words
see 如人飲水，冷暖自知|如人饮水，冷暖自知[]
from the bottom of one's heart (idiom)
hara-kiri
obstinate and self-opinionated (idiom)
effort will undoubtedly lead to success (idiom)
semi-tenant peasant / semi-owner peasant
(idiom) to conduct oneself humbly / modest
introspection / to ask oneself
sweep the snow from your own door step, don't worry about the frost on your neighbor's roof (idiom)
to do things each in one's own way
Heaven helps the worthy (idiom)
to spin a cocoon around oneself (idiom) / enmeshed in a trap of one's own devising / hoist with his own petard
to commit suicide by biting off one's tongue
to be spat on in the face and let it dry by itself, not wiping it off (idiom) / to turn the other cheek / to drain the cup of humiliation
to mumble to oneself
take good care of yourself!
to be good at working for one's own profit (idiom)
take good care of yourself! (idiom)
Definitions from CC-CEDICT · 125,326 source records · Release 2026-10-27