明哲保身 míngzhébǎoshēn wise self-preservation Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 明哲保身 míngzhébǎoshēn wise self-preservation to be wise and look after one's own safety (originally a compliment for one who stays out of trouble through wisdom) to play it safe to put one's own safety before matters of principle or to selfishly avoid taking risks (modern pejorative use) Frequency Movie subtitles 0.180 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 0.426 per million Cross-References Synonym 洁身自好 jiéshēnzìhào Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
明哲保身 míngzhébǎoshēn wise self-preservation to be wise and look after one's own safety (originally a compliment for one who stays out of trouble through wisdom) to play it safe to put one's own safety before matters of principle or to selfishly avoid taking risks (modern pejorative use) Frequency Movie subtitles 0.180 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 0.426 per million Cross-References Synonym 洁身自好 jiéshēnzìhào Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
