Word: 自 (zì) self

These are the example sentences using 自 in the sense self. Every sentence using 自 is on the word's own page, whichever sense it uses.

Example sentences using 自 in this sense

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人不知自丑，马不知脸长

rén bùzhī zì chǒu, mǎ bùzhī liǎn cháng

people don't know their own ugliness, horses don't know their faces are long
人必自侮，而后人侮

rén bì zì wǔ, ér hòurén wǔ

a person must first insult himself, and then others insult him
他自认为他自己是个伟大的诗人。

Tā zì rènwéi tā zìjǐ shì gè wěidà de shīrén.

He thinks himself a great poet.
侮人还自侮，说人还自说

wǔ rén huán zì wǔ, shuō rén huán zì shuō

insult others and you insult yourself; talk about others and you get talked about
儿要自养，谷要自种

ér yào zìyǎng, gǔ yào zì zhǒng

a son should be raised by oneself, grain should be grown by oneself
卢医不自医

lúyī bú zì yī

Doctor Lu does not treat himself
吃药不如自调理

chīyào bùrú zì tiáolǐ

taking medicine is not as good as looking after yourself
明人自断，愚人官断

míng rén zì duàn, yúrén guān duàn

the wise judge themselves, the foolish are judged by the court
老鼠拖秤砣,自堵门路

lǎoshǔ tuō chèngtuó,zì dǔ ménlù

a mouse drags a scale weight: blocks its own way in
见怪不怪，其怪自败

jiànguàibúguài, qí guài zì bài

see a strange thing and don't find it strange, and the strangeness defeats itself
这是不证自明的。

Zhè shì bú zhèng zì míng de.

It's self-evident.
酒不醉人人自醉，色不迷人人自迷

jiǔ bú zuìrén rén zì zuì, sè bù mírén rén zì mí

wine doesn't make a man drunk, he makes himself drunk; beauty doesn't bewitch a man, he bewitches himself
隋炀帝下江南，自坐龙舟人拉纤

Suí Yángdì xià Jiāngnán, zì zuò lóngzhōu rén lāqiàn

Emperor Yang of Sui goes south of the Yangtze: he rides the dragon boat himself while others tow it
鹅吃草，鸭吃谷，各人自享各人福

é chī cǎo, yā chī gǔ, gèrén zì xiǎng gèrén Fú

the goose eats grass, the duck eats grain, each enjoys his own blessing