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Frequency data: Cai & Brysbaert, SUBTLEX-CH (2010), Creative Commons Attribution. The data includes word forms with at least 10 occurrences in an older subtitle sample. It does not provide current frequency or HSK levels. Absence from the sample does not establish that a word is rare. Names, variants and restricted readings identified in the source appear after general-use entries within the same match type.

各自gè zì

each / respective / apiece

出自chū zì

to come from

大自然dà zì rán

nature (the natural world)

擅自shàn zì

without permission

发自fā zì

to evolve from

源自yuán zì

to originate from

情不自禁qíng bù zì jīn

(idiom) cannot refrain from / cannot help / cannot but

改过自新gǎi guò zì xīn

to reform and start afresh (idiom) / to turn over a new leaf

自助zì zhù

self-service

自相残杀zì xiāng cán shā

to massacre one another (idiom) / internecine strife

自觉zì jué

to realize / to be aware of / to feel that / to be conscious of (sth relating to oneself) / responsible / predisposed to do the right thing / considerate of others

自找麻烦zì zhǎo má fan

to ask for trouble / to invite difficulties

自作聪明zì zuò cōng míng

(idiom) to think oneself clever

自来水zì lái shuǐ

running water / tap water / (Internet slang) diehard fans who promote for free / volunteer promoters

自作主张zì zuò zhǔ zhāng

(idiom) to act on one's own / to decide for oneself

自立zì lì

independent / self-reliant / self-sustaining / to stand on one's own feet / to support oneself

自保zì bǎo

to defend oneself / self-defense / self-preservation

自尽zì jìn

to kill oneself / to commit suicide

自大狂zì dà kuáng

megalomania / egomania / delusions of grandeur

自生自灭zì shēng zì miè

to emerge and perish on its own / to run its course (idiom)

自始至终zì shǐ zhì zhōng

from start to finish (idiom)

自救zì jiù

to get oneself out of trouble

自然界zì rán jiè

nature / the natural world

自由自在zì yóu zì zài

free and easy (idiom) / carefree / leisurely

自焚zì fén

to set oneself on fire / to self-immolate

自燃zì rán

spontaneous combustion

自卑zì bēi

to have low self-esteem / to abase oneself

自拔zì bá

to free oneself / to extricate oneself from a difficult situation

自控zì kòng

automated / automatically regulated / to control oneself / self-control

自暴自弃zì bào zì qì

to abandon oneself to despair / to give up and stop bothering

自己人zì jǐ rén

those on our side / ourselves / one's own people / one of us

自命不凡zì mìng bù fán

to think too much of oneself / self-important / arrogant

自掘坟墓zì jué fén mù

to dig one's own grave

自卫队zì wèi duì

self-defense force / the Japanese armed forces

自食其果zì shí qí guǒ

to eat one's own fruit (idiom) / fig. suffering the consequences of one's own action / to reap what one has sown

自打zì dǎ

(coll.) since

自由主义zì yóu zhǔ yì

liberalism

自信心zì xìn xīn

self-confidence

自发zì fā

spontaneous

自相矛盾zì xiāng máo dùn

to contradict oneself / self-contradictory / inconsistent

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