严以律己 (嚴以律己)
yǎn yǐ lu:4 jǐ
Pinyin

Definition

严以律己 (嚴以律己)
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yǎn yǐ lu:4 jǐ
  1. to be strict with oneself (idiom)
  2. to demand a lot of oneself

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

以
yǐ
  1. 1 old variant of 以[yǐ]
可以
kě yǐ
  1. 1 can
  2. 2 may
  3. 3 possible
  4. 4 able to
  5. 5 not bad
  6. 6 pretty good
所以
suǒ yǐ
  1. 1 therefore
  2. 2 as a result
  3. 3 so
  4. 4 the reason why
自己
zì jǐ
  1. 1 oneself
  2. 2 one's own
之所以
zhī suǒ yǐ
  1. 1 the reason why

Idioms (20)

一则以喜，一则以忧
yī zé yǐ xǐ , yī zé yǐ yōu
  1. 1 happy on the one hand, but worried on the other (idiom)
一言以蔽之
yī yán yǐ bì zhī
  1. 1 one word says it all (idiom, from Analects); to cut a long story short
  2. 2 in a nutshell
不以人废言
bù yǐ rén fèi yán
  1. 1 not to reject a word because of the speaker (idiom, from Analects); to judge on the merits of the case rather than preference between advisers
不以为然
bù yǐ wéi rán
  1. 1 not to accept as correct (idiom); to object
  2. 2 to disapprove
  3. 3 to take exception to
不以规矩，不能成方圆
bù yǐ guī ju , bù néng chéng fāng yuán
  1. 1 without rules, nothing can be done (idiom, from Mencius); one must follow some rules