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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.

自然资源zì rán zī yuán

natural resource

自白zì bái

confession / to make clear one's position or intentions / to brag

自居zì jū

to consider oneself as / to believe oneself to be

自由泳zì yóu yǒng

freestyle swimming

自语zì yǔ

to talk to oneself

自主权zì zhǔ quán

the power to act independently / autonomy / the right of self-determination

自嘲zì cháo

to mock oneself / to laugh at oneself

自强zì qiáng

to strive for self-improvement

自此zì cǐ

since then / henceforth

自选zì xuǎn

to choose by oneself / free to choose / optional / self-service

自古zì gǔ

(since) ancient times / (from) time immemorial

自由体操zì yóu tǐ cāo

floor (gymnastics)

自修zì xiū

to study on one's own / self-study

自学成才zì xué chéng cái

a self-made genius

自画像zì huà xiàng

self-portrait

私自sī zì

private / personal / secretly / without explicit approval

扪心自问mén xīn zì wèn

to ask oneself honestly / to search in one's heart

不由自主bù yóu zì zhǔ

(idiom) can't help but / involuntarily

半自动bàn zì dòng

semiautomatic

无地自容wú dì zì róng

(idiom) ashamed and unable to show one's face

沾沾自喜zhān zhān zì xǐ

immeasurably self-satisfied

咎由自取jiù yóu zì qǔ

(idiom) to have only oneself to blame / to bring trouble through one's own actions

狂妄自大kuáng wàng zì dà

arrogant and conceited

暗自àn zì

inwardly / to oneself / secretly

逍遥自在xiāo yáo zì zai

free and at leisure (idiom) / unfettered / outside the reach of the law (of criminal) / at large

作茧自缚zuò jiǎn zì fù

to spin a cocoon around oneself (idiom) / enmeshed in a trap of one's own devising / hoist by his own petard

放任自流fàng rèn zì liú

to let sb do whatever they want / to indulge / to give free reins to / to let things slide / to drift aimlessly / laissez-faire

监守自盗jiān shǒu zì dào

to embezzle

不言自明bù yán zì míng

self-evident / needing no explanation (idiom)

独立自主dú lì zì zhǔ

independent and autonomous (idiom) / self-determination / to act independently / to maintain control over one's own affairs

泰然自若tài rán zì ruò

cool and collected (idiom) / showing no sign of nerves / perfectly composed

妄自尊大wàng zì zūn dà

ridiculous self-importance (idiom) / arrogance

洁身自好jié shēn zì hào

clean-living and honest (idiom) / to avoid immorality / to shun evil influence / to mind one's own business and keep out of trouble / to keep one's hands clean

自上而下zì shàng ér xià

(idiom) from top to bottom / top-down

自下而上zì xià ér shàng

(idiom) from bottom to top / from the grass roots up / bottom-up

自不待言zì bù dài yán

needless to say / it goes without saying

自不必说zì bù bì shuō

(idiom) needless to say / it goes without saying

自不量力zì bù liàng lì

see 不自量力[bù zì liàng lì]

自主神经系统zì zhǔ shén jīng xì tǒng

autonomic nervous system

自主系统zì zhǔ xì tǒng

autonomous system

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