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自私

selfish

自私
zìsī4th tone
Pinyin
zìsī
Strokes
13
In episodes
1

Stroke order for 自私

自私 is written with 13 strokes (自: 6, 私: 7). The animation replays automatically.

Usage

又非常自私,又非常公共 — the art historian refuses to resolve the contradiction, and so does the episode.

Hear 自私 in real episodes

自私 appears in 1 Fluentide podcast episode at natural native speed. Each sentence plays at the easiest difficulty it exists in — switch it to hear the same moment at your level, with full pinyin and English throughout.

她说:这种博物馆,又很自私,又很为大家。

She said: a museum like this is both very selfish and very public-spirited.

A Museum Wouldn't Show George Lucas the Painting He Asked For, So He Spent Fifteen Years and a Billion Dollars Building His Own

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