tự chế

Cô ấy tự chế để không khóc.

Definition

1. Verb:
   • To restrain oneself / to control oneself: To consciously hold back one's emotions, impulses, or desires.
   • To self-regulate / to exercise self-control: To manage one's own behavior or reactions without external intervention.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Cô ấy tự chế để không nổi giận. (She restrained herself from getting angry.)
  • Anh ấy phải tự chế trước những lời khiêu khích. (He had to control himself in the face of provocations.)
  • Tôi tự chế không mua thêm đồ ngọt. (I restrained myself from buying more sweets.)

Advanced Usage

• "tự chế tài chính": financial self-control.
  • Tự chế tài chính là chìa khóa để tiết kiệm. (Financial self-control is the key to saving.)

Variants and Related Words

• Tự kiềm chế (v): to restrain oneself, to hold back. A near-synonymous compound.

  • Học cách tự kiềm chế là rất quan trọng. (Learning to restrain oneself is very important.)

• Tự chủ (v): to be self-controlled, autonomous. Focuses more on independence and self-mastery.

  • Cô ấy rất tự chủ trong mọi tình huống. (She is very self-possessed in every situation.)

Synonyms

• Restrain: to hold back from action.
• Control: to exercise restraint over.
• Refrain: to stop oneself from doing something.

Related Idioms

• "Giận quá mất khôn, biết tự chế là người khôn": (When angry, one loses wisdom; he who knows self-control is wise.) An idiom highlighting the value of self-restraint.
  • Hãy nhớ câu "giận quá mất khôn, biết tự chế là người khôn". (Remember the saying, "anger leads to folly, but self-control signifies wisdom.")