自首
zì shǒu
Pinyin

Definition

自首
 - 
zì shǒu
  1. to give oneself up
  2. to surrender (to the authorities)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

来自
lái zì
  1. 1 to come from (a place)
  2. 2 From: (in email header)
自
zì
  1. 1 self
  2. 2 oneself
  3. 3 from
  4. 4 since
  5. 5 naturally
  6. 6 surely
自己
zì jǐ
  1. 1 oneself
  2. 2 one's own
首
shǒu
  1. 1 head
  2. 2 chief
  3. 3 first (occasion, thing etc)
  4. 4 classifier for poems, songs etc
出自
chū zì
  1. 1 to come from

Idioms (20)

不敢自专
bù gǎn zì zhuān
  1. 1 not daring to act for oneself (idiom)
不由自主
bù yóu zì zhǔ
  1. 1 can't help; involuntarily (idiom)
不言自明
bù yán zì míng
  1. 1 self-evident; needing no explanation (idiom)
不说自明
bù shuō zì míng
  1. 1 self-explanatory
  2. 2 self-evident (idiom)
任其自然
rèn qí zì rán
  1. 1 to let things take their course (idiom)
  2. 2 to leave it to nature
  3. 3 laissez-faire

Sample Sentences

我已经想好了。我打算去自首，你自己保重吧！
wǒ yǐjīng xiǎnghǎo le 。wǒ dǎsuàn qù zìshǒu ，nǐ zìjǐ bǎozhòng ba ！
I've already thought it through. I'm going to turn myself in. Take care of yourself!
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