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夫子自道

Fū zǐ zì dào

4-character word

What 夫子自道 means

1. appearing to be praising others while actually praising yourself
2. one's criticism of others exposes one's own faults

The characters in 夫子自道

• 夫fūhusband; man; manual worker
• 子zinoun suffix, as in 椅子
• 自zì(bound form) self; oneself; from; since; naturally; as a matter of course
• 道dàoroad; path; (bound form) way; reason; principle; (bound form) a skill; an art…

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