Definition
修身 refers to the Confucian concept of cultivating one's moral character through self-discipline and ethical practice. It is a separable verb-object compound (离合词): 修 can take objects or measures between its parts, such as 修了一辈子的身. In modern Chinese it still carries the classical weight of personal virtue development.
v.o.
to cultivate one's moral characterself-cultivation
Examples
- 修身，。xiū shēn hěn zhòngyào, shì Rújiā sīxiǎng de héxīn.Cultivating one's moral character is very important; it is the core of Confucian thought.
- 修身。Tā měitiān tōngguò dúshū lái xiū shēn.He cultivates his moral character through reading every day.
- ，。Tā xiū le yí bèizi de shēn, shǐzhōng yāoqiú zìjǐ pǐnxíng duānzhèng.He cultivated his moral character all his life, always demanding upright conduct of himself.
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