个 人 gè rén individual / personal / oneself 私 人 sī rén private / personal / interpersonal / sb with whom one has a close personal relationship / a member of one's clique 私 自 sī zì private / personal / secretly / without explicit approval 人 身 rén shēn person / personal / human body 贴 身 tiē shēn worn next to the skin / close-fitting / personal (servant etc) 亲 身 qīn shēn personal / oneself 专 属 zhuān shǔ to belong or be dedicated exclusively to / proprietary / private / personal 切 身 qiè shēn direct / concerning oneself / personal 私 房 sī fang personal / private / confidential 私 personal / private / selfish 服 饰 fú shì apparel / clothing and personal adornment 为 人 wéi rén to conduct oneself / behavior / conduct / personal character 大 名 dà míng famous name / your distinguished name / one's formal personal name 小 灵 通 xiǎo líng tōng Personal Handy-phone System (PHS), mobile network system operating in China 1998-2013, branded "Little Smart" 特 长 tè cháng personal strength / one's special ability or strong points 衣 物 yī wù clothing / clothing and other personal items 个 人 简 历 gè rén jiǎn lì personal history profile 乾 隆 Qián lóng Qianlong Emperor (1711-1799), sixth Qing emperor, princely title 寶親王|宝亲王[Bao3 Qin1 wang2], personal name 弘曆|弘历[Hong2 li4], reigned 1735-1799 仇 人 chóu rén foe / one's personal enemy 个 人 电 脑 gè rén diàn nǎo personal computer / PC 称 霸 chēng bà lit. to proclaim oneself hegemon / to take a leading role / to build a personal fiefdom 个 税 gè shuì personal income tax (abbr. for 個人所得稅|个人所得税) 李 世 民 Lǐ Shì mín Li Shimin, personal name of second Tang emperor Taizong 唐太宗[Tang2 Tai4 zong1] (599-649), reigned 626-649 人 名 rén míng personal name 人 身 攻 击 rén shēn gōng jī personal attack 朱 元 璋 Zhū Yuán zhāng Zhu Yuanzhang, personal name of first Ming dynasty emperor Hongwu 洪武[Hong2 wu3] 亲 历 qīn lì personal experience 本 名 běn míng original name / real name / personal name 个 人 隐 私 gè rén yǐn sī personal privacy / private matters 私 事 sī shì personal matters 私 利 sī lì personal gain / (one's own) selfish interest 人 身 安 全 rén shēn ān quán personal safety 奋 不 顾 身 fèn bù gù shēn to dash on bravely with no thought of personal safety (idiom) / undaunted by dangers / regardless of perils 学 名 xué míng scientific name / Latin name (of plant or animal) / (according to an old system of nomenclature) on entering school life, a formal personal name given to new students 人 保 rén bǎo personal guarantee / to sign as guarantor 徇 私 舞 弊 xùn sī wǔ bì to abuse one's position for personal gain (idiom) 私 情 sī qíng personal considerations / love affair 操 守 cāo shǒu personal integrity 人 格 魅 力 rén gé mèi lì personal charm / charisma 患 得 患 失 huàn dé huàn shī to worry about personal gains and losses 人 身 伤 害 rén shēn shāng hài personal injury 嘉 庆 Jiā qìng Jiaqing Emperor (1760-1820), seventh Qing emperor, personal name 顒琰|颙琰[Yong2 yan3], reigned 1796-1820 利 己 lì jǐ personal profit / to benefit oneself 动 产 dòng chǎn movable property / personal property 现 身 说 法 xiàn shēn shuō fǎ to talk from one's personal experience / to use oneself as an example 李 渊 Lǐ Yuān Li Yuan, personal name of first Tang emperor Gaozu 唐高祖[Tang2 Gao1 zu3] (566-635), reigned 618-626 独 当 一 面 dú dāng yī miàn to assume personal responsibility (idiom) / to take charge of a section 以 权 谋 私 yǐ quán móu sī to use one's position for personal gain (idiom) 征 友 zhēng yǒu to seek new friends through personal ads, dating apps etc 个 人 卫 生 gè rén wèi shēng personal hygiene 手 书 shǒu shū to write personally / personal letter 溥 仪 Pǔ yí Puyi, personal name of the last Qing emperor (reigned as child 1909-1911), the subject of Bertolucci's biopic The Last Emperor 嫡 系 dí xì direct line of descent / under one's personal command / school or faction passing on faithfully one's doctrine 好 good / well / proper / good to / easy to / very / so / (suffix indicating completion or readiness) / (of two people) close / on intimate terms / (after a personal pronoun) hello 手 札 shǒu zhá (literary) personal letter 赵 匡 胤 Zhào Kuāng yìn Zhao Kuangyin, personal name of founding Song emperor Song Taizu 宋太祖 / (927-976) 自 负 盈 亏 zì fù yíng kuī responsible for its profit and losses (of organization) / financially autonomous / personal financial responsibility 嬴 政 Yíng Zhèng Ying Zheng (260-210 BC), personal name of the first emperor 秦始皇[Qin2 Shi3 huang2] 个 人 助 理 gè rén zhù lǐ Personal Assistant 损 人 利 己 sǔn rén lì jǐ harming others for one's personal benefit (idiom) / personal gain to the detriment of others 私 交 sī jiāo personal friendship 唯 利 是 图 wéi lì shì tú to seek nothing but profit (idiom) / personal profit before everything / self-seeking 事 假 shì jià leave of absence for a personal matter 人 身 权 rén shēn quán one's personal rights 钻 营 zuān yíng toadying for personal gain / to curry favor / to study in great depth 裕 仁 Yù rén Hirohito, personal name of the Shōwa 昭和[Zhao1 he2] emperor of Japan (1901-1989), reigned 1925-1989 刘 恒 Liú Héng Liu Heng, personal name of Han emperor Han Wendi 漢文帝|汉文帝 / Liu Heng (1954-), Chinese writer 舍 生 忘 死 shě shēng wàng sǐ bravery with no thought of personal safety (idiom) / risking life and limb / undaunted by perils 汉 文 帝 Hàn Wén dì Emperor Wen of Han (202-157 BC), fourth Han emperor, personal name Liu Heng 劉恆|刘恒[Liu2 Heng2], reigned 180-157 BC 明 仁 Míng rén Akihito, personal name of the Heisei 平成[Ping2 cheng2] emperor of Japan (1933-), reigned 1989-2019 私 仇 sī chóu personal grudge 醍 醐 tí hú refined cream cheese / fig. crème de la crème / nirvana / Buddha nature / Buddhist truth / broth / flawless personal character 徇 情 xùn qíng to act out of personal considerations / to show partiality 结 党 营 私 jié dǎng yíng sī to gang up for personal interest (idiom) / to form a clique 泄 私 愤 xiè sī fèn to vent personal spite / to act out of malice (esp. of crime) 损 公 肥 私 sǔn gōng féi sī to damage the public interest for personal profit (idiom) / personal profit at public expense / venal and selfish behavior 公 而 忘 私 gōng ér wàng sī for the common good and forgetting personal interests (idiom) / to behave altruistically / selfless 私 愤 sī fèn personal spite / malice 钻 to drill / to bore / to get into / to make one's way into / to enter (a hole) / to thread one's way through / to study intensively / to dig into / to curry favor for personal gain 妲 Dá female personal name (archaic) 吒 used for the sound "zha" in the personal names of certain legendary figures (e.g. 哪吒[Ne2 zha1]) / Taiwan pr. [zha4] 昀 sun light / used in personal name 辻 (Japanese kokuji) street corner / intersection / used in Japanese personal and place names / pr. tsuji 感 同 身 受 gǎn tóng shēn shòu to feel as if it had happened to oneself / to sympathize / (polite expression of gratitude for a favor received by a friend etc) I take it as a personal favor 浑 水 摸 鱼 hún shuǐ mō yú to fish in troubled water (idiom) / to take advantage of a crisis for personal gain 混 水 摸 鱼 hún shuǐ mō yú to fish in troubled water (idiom) / to take advantage of a crisis for personal gain / also written 渾水摸魚|浑水摸鱼 功 成 不 居 gōng chéng bù jū not to claim personal credit for achievement (idiom) 官 报 私 仇 guān bào sī chóu to take advantage of official post for personal revenge (idiom) 对 号 入 座 duì hào rù zuò to take one's seat according to the ticket number / (fig.) to put (things or people) in their right place / to take a general comment as a personal attack 独 霸 一 方 dú bà yī fāng to exercise sole hegemony (idiom) / to dominate a whole area (market, resources etc) / to hold as one's personal fiefdom 见 钱 眼 开 jiàn qián yǎn kāi to open one's eyes wide at the sight of profit (idiom) / thinking of nothing but personal gain / money-grubbing 触 斗 蛮 争 chù dòu mán zhēng constant bickering and fighting (idiom) / constantly at each other's throats / struggle for personal gain 李 昂 Lǐ Ang2 Li Ang, personal name of fifteenth Tang emperor Wenzong 文宗[Wen2 zong1] (809-840), reigned 827-840 争 名 夺 利 zhēng míng duó lì to fight for fame, grab profit (idiom) / scrambling for fame and wealth / only interested in personal gain 本 人 的 观 点 běn rén de guān diǎn (one's) personal view 丁 云 dīng yún Ding Yun (a personal name) 古 波 Gǔ bō Gubo (a personal name) 帕 兰 卡 Pà lán kǎ Palanka (a personal name) 掌 握 电 脑 zhǎng wò diàn nǎo PDA / Personal Digital Assistant 李 纯 Lǐ Chún Li Chun, personal name of twelfth Tang emperor Xianzong 憲宗|宪宗[Xian4 zong1] (778-820), reigned 805-820
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