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克己复礼

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4-character word Traditional 克己復禮

What 克己复礼 means

1. restrain yourself and return to the rites (idiom, from Analects); to subdue self and observe proprieties
2. (any number of possible translations)

The characters in 克己复礼

• 克kèto be able to; to subdue; to restrain
• 己jǐself; oneself; sixth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干
• 复fùto go and return; to return; to resume
• 礼lǐgift; rite; ceremony