独善其身 dúshànqíshēn to maintain one's integrity Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 独善其身 獨善其身 dúshànqíshēn to maintain one's integrity to maintain one's personal integrity and moral cultivation, especially when unable to influence the wider world; to improve oneself in solitude to look after only oneself to focus on one's own character or interests while ignoring others; to be indifferent to social responsibilities Frequency Movie subtitles 0.180 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 0.668 per million Cross-References Referenced by 兼善 jiānshàn Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
独善其身 獨善其身 dúshànqíshēn to maintain one's integrity to maintain one's personal integrity and moral cultivation, especially when unable to influence the wider world; to improve oneself in solitude to look after only oneself to focus on one's own character or interests while ignoring others; to be indifferent to social responsibilities Frequency Movie subtitles 0.180 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 0.668 per million Cross-References Referenced by 兼善 jiānshàn Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)