yǐ shēn zuò zé

Traditional: 以身作則

HSK 7–9

以身作则 (yǐ shēn zuò zé) is a Chinese word meaning “to set an example (idiom); to serve as a model”.

Meanings

  1. 1to set an example (idiom); to serve as a model

Characters in 以身作则

以yǐ · to use身shēn · body作zuō · (bound form) worker则zé · (literary) (conjunction used to express contrast with a previous clause) but; then

Related words

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