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自立

zì lì

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

自立 (zì lì) means "independent; self-reliant; self-sustaining". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 自立 means

1. independent
2. self-reliant
3. self-sustaining
4. to stand on one's own feet
5. to support oneself

The characters in 自立

• 自zì(bound form) self; oneself; from; since; naturally; as a matter of course
• 立lìto stand; to set up; to establish

Example sentences

• 我想更加自立。
  Wǒ xiǎng gèng jiā zìlì.
  I want to be more independent.
• 让我们记住，是伊利诺伊州的一名男子首次将共和党的旗帜扛到了白宫。共和党是建立在自立、个人自由以及国家团结的价值观之上的。这也是我们所有人共同的价值观。虽然民主党今天晚上赢得了巨大的胜利，但我们是以谦卑的态度和弥合阻碍我们进步的分歧的决心赢得这场胜利的
  Ràng wǒmen jìzhu, shì Yīlìnuòyīzhōu de yī míng nánzǐ shǒucì jiāng Gònghédǎng de qízhì gāng dào le Báigōng. Gònghédǎng shì jiànlì zài zìlì, gèrén zìyóu yǐjí guójiā tuánjié de jiàzhíguān zhīshàng de. zhè yě shì wǒmen suǒyǒu rén gòngtóng de jiàzhíguān. suīrán Mínzhǔdǎng jīntiān wǎnshang yíngdé le jùdà de shènglì, dàn wǒmen shìyǐ qiānbēi de tàidu hé míhé zǔ'ài wǒmen jìnbù de fēnqí de juéxīn yíngdé zhè chǎng shènglì de
  Let's remember that it was a man from this state who first carried the banner of the Republican Party to the White House, a party founded on the values of self-reliance and individual liberty and national unity. Those are values that we all share. And while the Democratic Party has won a great victory tonight, we do so with a measure of humility and determination to heal the divides that have held back our progress.

Words starting with 自立

• 自立自强zì lì zì qiángto be self-reliant
• 自立门户zì lì mén hùto form one's own group or school of thought; to set up one's own business…

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