know one's limitations(zì zhī zhī míng)

know one's limitations

Self knowledge, a Chinese idiom, pronounced Z ì zh ī zh ī m í ng, refers to understanding one's own situation and correctly understanding one's own strengths and weaknesses. From Laozi.

Analysis of Idioms

Synonym: know yourself and know the other

Idiom usage

A person who is more strict than dissecting himself is often self-conscious.

The origin of Idioms

Chapter 33 of Laozi: "he who knows others is wise, and he who knows himself is wise."

Idiom story

When king Qi Wei became king, he only knew how to eat, drink and play all day long. He liked to listen to others play the piano. Zou Ji went to see the king of Qi Wei with the Qin, that is, he just said not to play the Qin, and connected the reason of not playing the Qin with governing the country, so that the king of Qi Wei understood the reason of governing the country, and the king of Qi Wei appointed Zou Ji as the prime minister. Zou Ji influenced the king of Qi Wei with his own image and had self-knowledge.

Chinese PinYin : zì zhī zhī míng