慎独
shèn dú
Pinyin

Definition

慎独
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shèn dú
  1. to preserve a proper behavior in private life

Character Decomposition

Related Words (13)

谨慎
jǐn shèn
  1. 1 cautious
  2. 2 prudent
不慎
bù shèn
  1. 1 incautious
  2. 2 inattentive
审慎
shěn shèn
  1. 1 prudent
  2. 2 cautious
慎
shèn
  1. 1 careful
  2. 2 cautious
慎入
shèn rù
  1. 1 keep away!
  2. 2 proceed with caution!
慎言
shèn yán
  1. 1 to speak cautiously
  2. 2 to guard one's tongue
慎重
shèn zhòng
  1. 1 cautious
  2. 2 careful
  3. 3 prudent
慎密
shèn mì
  1. 1 cautious
  2. 2 with meticulous care
慎独
shèn dú
  1. 1 to preserve a proper behavior in private life
慎终追远
shèn zhōng zhuī yuǎn
  1. 1 to pay careful attention to one's parents' funerary rites
戒慎
jiè shèn
  1. 1 vigilant
  2. 2 cautious
石原慎太郎
Shí yuán Shèn tài láng
  1. 1 Ishihara Jintarō (1932-), Japanese author and politician, governor of Tokyo since 1999
许慎
Xǔ Shèn
  1. 1 Xu Shen (-147) the compiler of the original Han dynasty dictionary Shuowen Jiezi 說文解字|说文解字[Shuō wén Jiě zì]

Idioms (4)

一着不慎，满盘皆输
yī zhāo bù shèn , mǎn pán jiē shū
  1. 1 One careless move and the whole game is lost. (idiom)
以慎为键
yǐ shèn wéi jiàn
  1. 1 to take caution as the key (idiom); to proceed very carefully
小心谨慎
xiǎo xīn jǐn shèn
  1. 1 cautious and timid (idiom); prudent
  2. 2 careful
慎重其事
shèn zhòng qí shì
  1. 1 to treat a matter with due consideration (idiom)

Sample Sentences

很有道理，据我所知，修身有包括“内外兼修”，其中最根本的是“自我修养”，也就是——慎独。
hěnyǒu dàolǐ ，jùwǒsuǒzhī ，xiūshēn yǒu bāokuò “nèiwàijiānxiū ”，qízhōng zuì gēnběn de shì “zìwǒ xiūyǎng ”，yějiùshì ——shèndú 。
That makes a lot of sense. As far as I'm aware, cultivation includes both "inner and outer cultivation", the most basic of which is "self-cultivation" or -- preserving proper behavior in one's private life.
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慎独？意思是在只有自己一个人的时候也要谨慎吗？
shèndú ？yìsi shì zài zhǐyǒu zìjǐ yī ge rén de shíhou yě yào jǐnshèn ma ？
Preserving proper behavior in one's private life? Does that mean when you're on your own you should also be prudent and cautious in your behavior?
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