| 好自为之 |
hǎo zì wéi zhī |
to do one's best; to shape up; to fend for oneself / you're on your own |
| 好 |
hǎo |
good / appropriate; proper / all right! / (before a verb) easy to / (before a verb) good to / (before an adjective for exclamatory effect) so / (verb complement indicating completion) / (of two people) close; on intimate terms / (after a personal pronoun) hello |
| 好 |
hào |
to be fond of; to have a tendency to; to be prone to |
| 自 |
zì |
(bound form) self; oneself / from; since / naturally; as a matter of course |
| 为 |
wéi |
as (in the capacity of) / to take sth as / to act as / to serve as / to behave as / to become / to be / to do / by (in the passive voice) |
| 为 |
wèi |
because of / for / to |
| 为 |
wéi |
variant of 为 |
| 为 |
wèi |
variant of 为 |
| 之 |
zhī |
(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的) / him / her / it |