zì​yuán​qí​shuō

to justify oneself

  1. affixadverb
    self
    (bound form) self; oneself; one's own; refers to an action done by oneself or to oneself
  2. yuán nounverb
    to make plausible
    to make something whole or consistent; to justify or make a story plausible, such as when explaining a dream or a lie
  3. pronoun
    [third-person possessive]
    his; her; its; their; refers back to a person or thing mentioned previously
  4. to explain
    to explain; to illustrate; to clarify a point or reasoning