to be strict with oneself (idiom); to demand a lot of oneself
trad. 嚴以律己
Also written 嚴以律己【yán yǐ lǜ jǐ】
Characters in this word
4严
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surname Yan
- Pinyin
- Yán
- Traditional
- 嚴
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 33019 of 2500
以
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old variant of 以[yi3]
- Pinyin
- yǐ
- Traditional
- 㕥
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 367 of 2500
律
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surname Lü
- Pinyin
- Lǜ
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 12487 of 2500
己
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self, oneself, sixth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1], sixth in order, letter "F" or Roman "VI" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc, hexa
- Pinyin
- jǐ
- Strokes
- 3
- Frequency
- 7684 of 2500