克己復禮 Save Sign in to save words Simplified: 克己复礼 kèjǐfùlǐ ㄎㄜˋ ㄐㄧˇ ㄈㄨˋ ㄌㄧˇ restrain yourself and return to the rites (idiom, from Analects) to subdue self and observe proprieties (any number of possible translations) Character by character 克(kè)abbr. for 克罗埃西亚 kèluóāixīyà, Croatia 己(jǐ)self 復(fù)go and return 禮(lǐ)surname Li A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0