(p.)self, oneself, one’s own;
- 独自by oneself, all alone
- 不能自持can not control one’s own passion
- 不自量not take a proper measure of oneself
(adv.)自然,当然certainly, of course, naturally, willingly
- 自当努力will willingly mend one’s ways
- 两人久别重逢,自有很多话说。Having reunited after a long departure, the two certainly have a lot to talk about.
(p.)from, since
- 来自大西洋彼岸coming from the other side of the Atlantic
- 自从我们在学校认识之后,我们就一直是好朋友。We’ve been friends ever since we went at school.
- 自那时起,他似乎有了改变。From that hour a change seemed to come over him.
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