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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.

自卑情绪zì bēi qíng xù

inferiority complex

自卸车zì xiè chē

dump truck

自反zì fǎn

to introspect / to self-reflect / (math.) reflexive

自取zì qǔ

to help oneself to (food) / to invite (trouble) / to court (disaster)

自取其咎zì qǔ qí jiù

see 咎由自取[jiù yóu zì qǔ]

自取其辱zì qǔ qí rǔ

(idiom) to embarrass oneself

自取灭亡zì qǔ miè wáng

to court disaster (idiom) / to dig one's own grave

自古以来zì gǔ yǐ lái

since ancient times

自命清高zì mìng qīng gāo

to think of oneself as high and pure (idiom) / smug and self-righteous / holier-than-thou

自启zì qǐ

(of a machine, app etc) to start on its own / to autostart

自喻zì yù

to refer to oneself as

自嗨zì hāi

(slang) to have fun by oneself / to amuse oneself

自叹不如zì tàn bù rú

to consider oneself as being not as good as the others

自报公议zì bào gōng yì

self-assessment / declare one's state for open discussion

自报家门zì bào jiā mén

to introduce oneself / originally a theatrical device in which a character explains his own role

自失zì shī

at a loss

自奉俭约zì fèng jiǎn yuē

to live frugally

自奉甚俭zì fèng shèn jiǎn

(idiom) to allow oneself few comforts or pleasures

自始zì shǐ

from the outset / ab initio

自娱自乐zì yú zì lè

to entertain oneself

自媒体zì méi tǐ

self-media (news or other content published on independently-operated social media accounts)

自定义zì dìng yì

custom / user-defined

自宫zì gōng

to castrate oneself

自家人zì jiā rén

sb with whom one is on familiar terms / sb from the same place (same house, same town etc) / one of us

自封袋zì fēng dài

resealable bag / ziplock bag

自专zì zhuān

to act arbitrarily / to act for oneself

自寻死路zì xún sǐ lù

to follow the path to one's own doom (idiom) / to bring about one's own destruction

自导zì dǎo

self-guided / autonomous

自导自演zì dǎo zì yǎn

to direct a movie in which one also plays a major role as an actor / (fig.) to plan and execute a scheme all by oneself

自小zì xiǎo

since childhood / from a young age

自己动手zì jǐ dòng shǒu

to do (sth) oneself / to help oneself to

自带zì dài

to bring one's own / BYO / (of software) preinstalled

自幼zì yòu

since childhood / from a young age

自序zì xù

author's preface / autobiographical notes as introduction to a book

自底向上zì dǐ xiàng shàng

bottom-up

自强不息zì qiáng bù xī

to strive unremittingly / self-improvement

自强自立zì qiáng zì lì

to strive for self-improvement

自律性组织zì lǜ xìng zǔ zhī

Self-Regulation Organization / SRO

自律神经系统zì lǜ shén jīng xì tǒng

autonomic nervous system

自得zì dé

contented / pleased with one's position

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