独善其身 Save Sign in to save words Traditional (Taiwan): 獨善其身 dúshànqíshēn ㄉㄨˊ ㄕㄢˋ ㄑㄧˊ ㄕㄣ (originally, in Mencius) to cultivate one's moral character in solitude (modern sense) to look after only one's own interests idiom Character by character 独(dú)alone 善(shàn)good 其(qí)his 身(shēn)body A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0