私自
sī zì
Pinyin

Definition

私自
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sī zì
  1. private
  2. personal
  3. secretly
  4. without explicit approval

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

lái zì
  1. 1 to come from (a place)
  2. 2 From: (in email header)
  1. 1 self
  2. 2 oneself
  3. 3 from
  4. 4 since
  5. 5 naturally
  6. 6 surely
zì jǐ
  1. 1 oneself
  2. 2 one's own
chū zì
  1. 1 to come from
gè zì
  1. 1 each
  2. 2 respective
  3. 3 apiece
dà zì rán
  1. 1 nature (the natural world)
wú sī
  1. 1 selfless
  2. 2 unselfish
  3. 3 disinterested
  4. 4 altruistic
dú zì
  1. 1 alone
fā zì
  1. 1 to evolve from
  1. 1 personal
  2. 2 private
  3. 3 selfish
sī rén
  1. 1 private
  2. 2 personal
  3. 3 interpersonal
  4. 4 sb with whom one has a close personal relationship
  5. 5 a member of one's clique
sī xìn
  1. 1 private correspondence
  2. 2 personal letter
  3. 3 (computing) personal message (PM)
  4. 4 to message sb
sī tūn
  1. 1 to misappropriate (public funds etc)
  2. 2 to embezzle
sī bēn
  1. 1 to elope
sī fáng
  1. 1 privately-owned house
  2. 2 private rooms
  3. 3 private ownings
zì zhǔ
  1. 1 independent
  2. 2 to act for oneself
  3. 3 autonomous
zì xìn
  1. 1 to have confidence in oneself
  2. 2 self-confidence
zì gě r5
  1. 1 (dialect) oneself
  2. 2 by oneself
zì zhì
  1. 1 to maintain self-control
  2. 2 self-control
zì zhù
  1. 1 self-service

Idioms (20)

不敢自专
bù gǎn zì zhuān
  1. 1 not daring to act for oneself (idiom)
不由自主
bù yóu zì zhǔ
  1. 1 can't help; involuntarily (idiom)
不言自明
bù yán zì míng
  1. 1 self-evident; needing no explanation (idiom)
不说自明
bù shuō zì míng
  1. 1 self-explanatory
  2. 2 self-evident (idiom)
以权谋私
yǐ quán móu sī
  1. 1 to use one's position for personal gain (idiom)
任其自然
rèn qí zì rán
  1. 1 to let things take their course (idiom)
  2. 2 to leave it to nature
  3. 3 laissez-faire
作茧自缚
zuò jiǎn zì fù
  1. 1 to spin a cocoon around oneself (idiom); enmeshed in a trap of one's own devising
  2. 2 hoist by his own petard
假公济私
jiǎ gōng jì sī
  1. 1 official authority used for private interests (idiom); to attain private ends by abusing public position
优游自得
yōu yóu zì dé
  1. 1 free and at leisure (idiom); unfettered
儿孙自有儿孙福
ér sūn zì yǒu ér sūn fú
  1. 1 younger generations will do all right on their own (idiom)
公而忘私
gōng ér wàng sī
  1. 1 for the common good and forgetting personal interests (idiom); to behave altruistically
  2. 2 selfless
冰炭不言,冷热自明
bīng tàn bù yán , lěng rè zì míng
  1. 1 ice or coals, whether hot or cold goes without saying (idiom); fig. sincerity is not expressed in words
出自肺腑
chū zì fèi fǔ
  1. 1 from the bottom of one's heart (idiom)
刚愎自用
gāng bì zì yòng
  1. 1 obstinate and self-opinionated (idiom)
功到自然成
gōng dào zì rán chéng
  1. 1 effort will undoubtedly lead to success (idiom)
各人自扫门前雪,莫管他家瓦上霜
gè rén zì sǎo mén qián xuě , mò guǎn tā jiā wǎ shàng shuāng
  1. 1 sweep the snow from your own door step, don't worry about the frost on your neighbor's roof (idiom)
吉人自有天相
jí rén zì yǒu tiān xiàng
  1. 1 Heaven helps the worthy (idiom)
吐丝自缚
tǔ sī zì fù
  1. 1 to spin a cocoon around oneself (idiom); enmeshed in a trap of one's own devising
  2. 2 hoist with his own petard
咎由自取
jiù yóu zì qǔ
  1. 1 to have only oneself to blame (idiom)
  2. 2 to bring trouble through one's own actions
唾面自干
tuò miàn zì gān
  1. 1 to be spat on in the face and let it dry by itself, not wiping it off (idiom); to turn the other cheek
  2. 2 to drain the cup of humiliation

Sample Sentences

骨子里的奴性,势利,逆来顺受,自私自利,都是鲁迅想要写出来给人看,让人反思的东西。如果国民精神麻木,物质再丰富也没用。
gǔzilǐ de núxìng ,shìlì ,nìláishùnshòu ,zìsīzìlì ,dōu shì Lǔ Xùn xiǎng yào xiě chūlai gěi rén kàn ,ràngrén fǎnsī de dōngxi 。rúguǒ guómín jīngshén mámù ,wùzhì zài fēngfù yě méiyòng 。
The servility embedded in peoples' bones, their snobbery, selfishness and willingness to take abuse without fighting back-- these are all the things Lu Hsun wanted to write about to let people see and rethink. If people's spirits are numb, it doesn't matter how materially rich they are.
这不瞎搞嘛!广场是公共资源,任何部门和个人都没有权利私自占有的。
zhè bù xiāgǎo ma !guǎngchǎng shì gōnggòng zīyuán ,rènhé bùmén hé gèrén dōu méiyǒu quánlì sīzì zhànyǒu de 。
Give me a break! A square is a public resource. Any department or individual doesn't have the right to reserve it for themselves.
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