自谋出路 — Chinese idiom
自谋出路
zì móu chū lù
Traditional: 自謀出路
Meaning
- to take matters into one's own hands
- to go it alone
- to fend for oneself
- to find one's own way forward (esp. to find oneself a job)
Character by character
- 自zìself; private, personal; from
- 谋móuto plan, to scheme; strategem
- 出chūto go out, to send out; stand; produce
- 路lùroad, path, street; journey
Idioms sharing a character
- 不敢自专 bù gǎn zì zhuān
- 不由自主 bù yóu zì zhǔ
- 不自量力 bù zì liàng lì
- 不言自明 bù yán zì míng
- 任其自然 rèn qí zì rán
- 作茧自缚 zuò jiǎn zì fù
- 优游自得 yōu yóu zì dé
- 出自肺腑 chū zì fèi fǔ
- 刚愎自用 gāng bì zì yòng
- 卑以自牧 bēi yǐ zì mù
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