- 自立门户 zìlìménhù to establish one's independenceTo leave one's family and set up a separate household to live on one's own.
- 自强自立 zìqiángzìlì to strive for independenceto strive for self-improvement and stand on one's own feet
- 自立一说 zìlìyīshuō to set forward one's own viewsto put forward an independent set of ideas or an original theory
- 自立体 zìlìtǐ entityan entity or independent physical body; same as the term for a substance or organization
- 自立自强 zìlìzìqiáng self-reliantto rely on one's own efforts to establish oneself and strive for improvement; to be self-sufficient and determined