自私
zì sī
Pinyin

Definition

自私
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zì sī
  1. selfish
  2. selfishness

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

来自
lái zì
  1. 1 to come from (a place)
  2. 2 From: (in email header)
自
zì
  1. 1 self
  2. 2 oneself
  3. 3 from
  4. 4 since
  5. 5 naturally
  6. 6 surely
自己
zì jǐ
  1. 1 oneself
  2. 2 one's own
出自
chū zì
  1. 1 to come from
各自
gè zì
  1. 1 each
  2. 2 respective
  3. 3 apiece
大自然
dà zì rán
  1. 1 nature (the natural world)
无私
wú sī
  1. 1 selfless
  2. 2 unselfish
  3. 3 disinterested
  4. 4 altruistic
独自
dú zì
  1. 1 alone
发自
fā zì
  1. 1 to evolve from
私
sī
  1. 1 personal
  2. 2 private
  3. 3 selfish
私人
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
私信
sī xìn
  1. 1 private correspondence
  2. 2 personal letter
  3. 3 (computing) personal message (PM)
  4. 4 to message sb
私吞
sī tūn
  1. 1 to misappropriate (public funds etc)
  2. 2 to embezzle
私奔
sī bēn
  1. 1 to elope
私房
sī fáng
  1. 1 privately-owned house
  2. 2 private rooms
  3. 3 private ownings
自主
zì zhǔ
  1. 1 independent
  2. 2 to act for oneself
  3. 3 autonomous
自信
zì xìn
  1. 1 to have confidence in oneself
  2. 2 self-confidence
自个儿
zì gě r5
  1. 1 (dialect) oneself
  2. 2 by oneself
自制
zì zhì
  1. 1 to maintain self-control
  2. 2 self-control
自助
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

不行，你这种想法太自私了。你根本没有做好养狗的准备。
bùxíng ，nǐ zhèzhǒng xiǎngfǎ tài zìsī le 。nǐ gēnběn méiyǒu zuò hǎo yǎng gǒu de zhǔnbèi 。
No way. Your thinking is too selfish. You are not ready at all to take care of a dog.
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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.
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说得没错，另外，80后独生子女大都自私傲娇，心智不够成熟，在婚姻生活里大多也不懂得退让不会用心经营，从某种程度上也造成如今社会的高出轨率。
shuō de méicuò ，lìngwài ，bālíng hòu dúshēngzǐnǚ dà dōu zìsī àojiāo ，xīnzhì bùgòu chéngshú ，zài hūnyīn shēnghuó lǐ dàduō yě bù dǒngde tuìràng bùhuì yòngxīn jīngyíng ，cóng mǒuzhǒng chéngdùshàng yě zàochéng rújīn shèhuì de gāo chūguǐ lǜ 。
You're right there. As well as that, the only children born in the 1980s are mostly all selfish and arrogant, and aren't very mature. They mostly don't understand how to back down in their married lives and don't make concerted efforts to make their marriages work. In a certain sense, this has also led to the high rate of cheating in today's society.
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我是老古董，我可接受不了。在我看来，家庭有了孩子才算完整啊，因为事业不生孩子也未免太自私了点。
wǒ shì lǎogǔdǒng ，wǒ kě jiēshòubuliǎo 。zàiwǒkànlai ，jiātíng yǒu le háizi cái suàn wánzhěng ā ，yīnwèi shìyè bù shēng háizi yě wèimiǎn tài zìsī le diǎnr 。
I'm a bit of a dinosaur. I wouldn't be able to accept it. In my view, a family is only complete with a child. Isn't it a little bit selfish to not have a child just for your career?
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八零后”是垮掉的一代，说他们大多是独生子女，所以娇生惯养，自私，不懂责任和分享。“九零后”是脑残的一代，只懂上网玩游戏，没理想，没追求。
bālínghòu ”shì kuǎdiàodeyīdài ，shuō tāmen dàduō shì dúshēngzǐnǚ ，suǒyǐ jiāoshēngguànyǎng ，zìsī ，bù dǒng zérèn hé fēnxiǎng 。“jiǔlínghòu ”shì nǎocán de yī dài ，zhī dǒng shàngwǎng wán yóuxì ，méi lǐxiǎng ，méi zhuīqiú 。
The generation born in the 80s is China's broken generation, because the majority of them were born as only children, so they are spoilt, entitled and selfish, with little understanding of responsibility or sharing. The generation born in the 90s is the bonehead generation. They spend all their time playing video games and have no ideals or ambitions.
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我也这么觉得，有人为了赚钱，不管后果，制造出帝王暴龙，就表现了人的自私。
wǒ yě zhème juéde ，yǒurén wèile zhuànqián ，bùguǎn hòuguǒ ，zhìzào chū dìwáng bàolóng ，jiù biǎoxiàn le rén de zìsī 。
I thought so too. Some people don't think of the consequences in their pursuit of money. The creation of the Indominus rex shows the greed of mankind.
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是啊，那些人也真是，最后也不出现。太自私了。
shì a ，nàxiē rén yě zhēnshì ，zuìhòu yě bù chūxiàn 。tài zìsī le 。
Yeah, those people are something else. In the end, they don't show up. It's too selfish.
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没有！他们才不管呢，只顾着自己开心。太自私了。
méiyǒu ！tāmen cái bù guǎn ne ，zhǐ gù zhe z��jǐ kāixīn 。tài zìsī le 。
No! They didn't pay any attention. They only cared about their own happiness. They were too selfish.
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爱情本来就是自私的。再说，也不是不爱，而是多少的问题。爱情通常是付出越多，回报越少。
àiqíng běnlái jiùshì zìsī de 。zàishuō ，yě bù shì bù ài ，érshì duōshǎo de wèntí 。àiqíng tōngcháng shì fùchū yuè duō ，huíbào yuè shǎo 。
Of course love is selfish. Moreover, I'm not saying you shouldn't love, it's a matter of how much you love. Love typically means that the more you put in, the less you get out.
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你真自私。你不爱他，这叫爱情吗？
nǐ zhēn zìsī 。nǐ bù ài tā ，zhè jiào àiqíng ma ？
You are too self centered. If you don't love them, you call that love?
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