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Choose Life
xuǎn zé shēng huó
選擇生活 can mean to choose life instead of death (or suicide) or to choose to live life to the fullest.
I think of it as the key phrase used by Renton (Ewan McGregor) in the movie Trainspotting. While Chinese people will not think of Trainspotting when they see this phrase, for me, it will always be what comes near the end of this colorful rant:
Choose life. Choose a job. Choose a career. Choose a family. Choose a fucking big television. Choose washing machines, cars, compact disc players, and electrical tin can openers. Choose good health, low cholesterol, and dental insurance. Choose fixed-interest mortgage repayments. Choose a starter home. Choose your friends. Choose leisure wear and matching luggage. Choose a three-piece suite on-hire purchase in a range of fucking fabrics. Choose DIY and wondering who the fuck you are on a Sunday morning. Choose sitting on that couch watching mind-numbing, spirit-crushing game shows, stuffing fucking junk food into your mouth. Choose rotting away at the end of it all, pissing your last in a miserable home, nothing more than an embarrassment to the selfish, fucked-up brats you have spawned to replace yourself. Choose your future. Choose life.
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| Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
恣 see styles |
zì zi4 tzu shi ほしいまま |
to abandon restraint; to do as one pleases; comfortable (dialect) (adjectival noun) (kana only) selfish; self-indulgent; arbitrary offered |
擅 see styles |
shàn shan4 shan hoshiimama / hoshimama ほしいまま |
without authority; to usurp; to arrogate to oneself; to monopolize; expert in; to be good at (adjectival noun) (kana only) selfish; self-indulgent; arbitrary |
私 see styles |
sī si1 ssu kisai きさい |
personal; private; selfish (pronoun) (kana only) (ksb:) I; me; (surname) Kisai Private, secret, selfish, illicit. |
縦 see styles |
zòng zong4 tsung muneo むねお |
old variant of 縱|纵[zong4] (adverb) (kana only) even if; (adjectival noun) (kana only) selfish; self-indulgent; arbitrary; (1) the vertical; height; (2) front-to-back; length; (3) north-to-south; (noun - becomes adjective with の) (4) vertical (relationship); hierarchy; (5) (weaving) warp; (personal name) Muneo |
肆 see styles |
sì si4 ssu shi ほしいまま |
four (banker's anti-fraud numeral); unrestrained; wanton; (literary) shop (adjectival noun) (kana only) selfish; self-indulgent; arbitrary; (numeric) four a market |
乱り see styles |
midari みだり |
(adjectival noun) (1) (archaism) selfish; with disregard for order or rules; (2) (archaism) reckless; rash; careless; (3) (archaism) loose; bawdy; (4) (archaism) irrational; illogical |
四重 see styles |
sì zhòng si4 zhong4 ssu chung shijuu / shiju しじゅう |
(noun - becomes adjective with の) fourfold (四重禁) The four grave prohibitions, or sins, 四重罪 pārājikas: killing, stealing, carnality, lying. Also four of the esoteric sect, i. e. discarding the truth, discarding the bodhi-mind, being mean or selfish in regard to the supreme law, injuring the living. |
妄り see styles |
midari みだり |
(adjectival noun) (1) (archaism) selfish; with disregard for order or rules; (2) (archaism) reckless; rash; careless; (3) (archaism) loose; bawdy; (4) (archaism) irrational; illogical |
恣心 see styles |
shishin ししん |
(rare) selfish, self-indulgent heart |
我見 我见 see styles |
wǒ jiàn wo3 jian4 wo chien gaken がけん |
selfish mind 身見 The erroneous doctrine that the ego, or self, composed of the temporary five skandhas, is a reality and permanent. |
横言 see styles |
ougen / ogen おうげん |
selfish words; speaking selfishly |
気侭 see styles |
kimama きまま |
(noun or adjectival noun) willful; wilful; selfish; selfishness; one's own way |
気儘 see styles |
kimama きまま |
(noun or adjectival noun) willful; wilful; selfish; selfishness; one's own way |
氣儘 see styles |
kimama きまま |
(noun or adjectival noun) willful; wilful; selfish; selfishness; one's own way |
清貧 清贫 see styles |
qīng pín qing1 pin2 ch`ing p`in ching pin seihin / sehin せいひん |
poor but upright; destitute poverty without selfish desire; honourable poverty (honorable); being poor yet honest |
漫り see styles |
midari みだり |
(adjectival noun) (1) (archaism) selfish; with disregard for order or rules; (2) (archaism) reckless; rash; careless; (3) (archaism) loose; bawdy; (4) (archaism) irrational; illogical |
濫り see styles |
midari みだり |
(adjectival noun) (1) (archaism) selfish; with disregard for order or rules; (2) (archaism) reckless; rash; careless; (3) (archaism) loose; bawdy; (4) (archaism) irrational; illogical |
猥り see styles |
midari みだり |
(adjectival noun) (1) (archaism) selfish; with disregard for order or rules; (2) (archaism) reckless; rash; careless; (3) (archaism) loose; bawdy; (4) (archaism) irrational; illogical |
私偏 see styles |
sī piān si1 pian1 ssu p`ien ssu pien |
selfish preference |
私利 see styles |
sī lì si1 li4 ssu li shiri しり |
personal gain; (one's own) selfish interest self-interest; personal profit |
私心 see styles |
sī xīn si1 xin1 ssu hsin shishin ししん |
selfishness; selfish motives selfishness; selfish motive |
私慾 see styles |
shiyoku しよく |
self-interest; selfish desire |
私欲 see styles |
sī yù si1 yu4 ssu yü shiyoku しよく |
selfish desire self-interest; selfish desire |
自儘 see styles |
jimama じまま |
selfish(ness) |
自私 see styles |
zì sī zi4 si1 tzu ssu |
selfish; selfishness |
邪私 see styles |
xié sī xie2 si1 hsieh ssu jashi |
Depraved and selfish desires, lust. |
三善根 see styles |
sān shàn gēn san1 shan4 gen1 san shan ken sanzengon; sanzenkon さんぜんごん; さんぜんこん |
{Buddh} three wholesome roots (no coveting, no anger, no delusion) The three good "roots", the foundation of all moral development, i.e. 無貪, 無瞋, 無痴 no lust (or selfish desire), no ire, no stupidity (or unwillingness to learn). Also, 施, 慈, 慧 giving, kindness, moral wisdom; v. 三毒 the three poisons for which these are a cure. |
利己的 see styles |
rikoteki りこてき |
(adjectival noun) selfish; egoistic; self-serving; self-interested |
利養縛 利养缚 see styles |
lì yǎng fú li4 yang3 fu2 li yang fu riyō baku |
The bond of selfish greed, one of the two bonds, gain and fame. |
十惱亂 十恼乱 see styles |
shí nǎo luàn shi2 nao3 luan4 shih nao luan jū nōran |
The ten disturbers of the religious life: a domineering (spirit); heretical ways; dangerous amusements; a butcher's or other low occupation; asceticism (or selfish hīnayāna salvation); (the condition of a) eunuch; lust; endangering (the character by improper intimacy); contempt; breeding animals, etc. (for slaughter). |
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The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
| Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
| Choose Life | 選擇生活 选择生活 | xuǎn zé shēng huó xuan3 ze2 sheng1 huo2 xuan ze sheng huo xuanzeshenghuo | hsüan tse sheng huo hsüantseshenghuo |
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| In some entries above you will see that characters have different versions above and below a line. In these cases, the characters above the line are Traditional Chinese, while the ones below are Simplified Chinese. | ||||
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