好自为之 (好自為之)
hǎo zì wéi zhī
Pinyin

Definition

好自为之 (好自為之)
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hǎo zì wéi zhī
  1. to do one's best
  2. to shape up
  3. to behave
  4. to fend for oneself
  5. you're on your own

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

之
zhī
  1. 1 (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de])
  2. 2 him
  3. 3 her
  4. 4 it
好
hǎo
  1. 1 good
  2. 2 well
  3. 3 proper
  4. 4 good to
  5. 5 easy to
  6. 6 very
  7. 7 so
  8. 8 (suffix indicating completion or readiness)
  9. 9 (of two people) close
  10. 10 on intimate terms
  11. 11 (after a personal pronoun) hello
好好
hǎo hǎo
  1. 1 well
  2. 2 carefully
  3. 3 nicely
  4. 4 properly
好看
hǎo kàn
  1. 1 good-looking
  2. 2 nice-looking
  3. 3 good (of a movie, book, TV show etc)
  4. 4 embarrassed
  5. 5 humiliated
自
zì
  1. 1 self
  2. 2 oneself
  3. 3 from
  4. 4 since
  5. 5 naturally
  6. 6 surely

Idioms (20)

一丘之貉
yī qiū zhī hé
  1. 1 jackals of the same tribe (idiom); fig. They are all just as bad as each other.
一之为甚
yī zhī wéi shèn
  1. 1 once is more than enough (idiom)
一年之计在于春
yī nián zhī jì zài yú chūn
  1. 1 the whole year must be planned for in the spring (idiom)
  2. 2 early planning is the key to success
一技之长
yī jì zhī cháng
  1. 1 proficiency in a particular field (idiom)
  2. 2 skill in a specialized area (idiom)
一掬同情之泪
yī jū tóng qíng zhī lèi
  1. 1 to shed tears of sympathy (idiom)

Sample Sentences

不想被关当初就别做，现在讲这些都太迟了，你自己好自为之吧，我是帮不了你了。
bù xiǎng bèi guān dāngchū jiù bié zuò ，xiànzài jiǎng zhèxiē dōu tài chí le ，nǐzìjǐ hǎo zì wèi zhī ba ，wǒ shì bāngbuliǎo nǐ le 。
You shouldn't have done it in the first place if you didn't want to get banged up. It's a little bit too late for all this now, you'll have to work things out for yourself from here on in, I can't help you now.
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不扩招，你说不定都考不进大学。好了，不管怎么样，大家好自为之。否则，明年还得在这里啊！
bù kuòzhāo ，nǐ shuōbudìng dōu kǎobujìn dàxué 。hǎo le ，bùguǎn zěnmeyàng ，dàjiā hǎozìwéizhī 。fǒuzé ，míngnián hái děi zài zhèlǐ a ！
If we didn't extend admissions then you might not be able to get into college. Okay, regardless, everyone take care of themselves. Otherwise, I'll see you here again next year!
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