a true gentleman will sacrifice his life for a friend who understands him, as a woman makes herself beautiful for her sweetheart
trad. 士為知己者死，女為悅己者容
Also written 士為知己者死，女為悅己者容【shì wèi zhī jǐ zhě sǐ , nǚ wèi yuè jǐ zhě róng】
Characters in this word
9士
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surname Shi
- Pinyin
- Shì
- Strokes
- 3
- Frequency
- 10173 of 2500
为
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as (in the capacity of), to take sth as, to act as, to serve as, to behave as, to become, to be, to do, by (in the passive voice)
- Pinyin
- wéi
- Traditional
- 為
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 129 of 2500
知
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to know, to be aware
- Pinyin
- zhī
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 3344 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
者
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(after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ..., (after a noun) person involved in ..., -er, -ist, (used after a number or 後|后[hou4] or 前[qian2] to refer to sth mentioned previously), (used after a term, to mark a pause before defining the term), (old) (used at the end of a command), (old) this
- Pinyin
- zhě
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 890 of 2500
死
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to die, impassable, uncrossable, inflexible, rigid, extremely, damned
- Pinyin
- sǐ
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 113 of 2500
女
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female, woman, daughter
- Pinyin
- nǚ
- Strokes
- 3
- Frequency
- 998 of 2500
悦
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(literary) pleased; to please
- Pinyin
- yuè
- Traditional
- 悅
- Strokes
- 10
容
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surname Rong
- Pinyin
- Róng
- Strokes
- 10
- Frequency
- 9177 of 2500