操縱自如 have an easy control in the matter; be restrained or lenient, as it suits one; restraint or lenient as it please one; operate with facility; like wax (in one's hand)
擒縱自如 arrest and release at will -- in perfect control of a situation
切莫去借債 better good neighbours near than relations far away
自己 1.(代詞, 復(fù)指前頭的名詞或代詞) oneself 生自己的氣 be angry with oneself; 自己揭穿自己 expose oneself; 自己說了算 consider one's own words as final; 學(xué)習(xí)主要靠自己努力。 success in study mainly depends on one's own efforts. 自己的衣服自己洗。everybody washes his own clothes.門怎么自己開了? how did the door open by itself?2.(親近的; 關(guān)系密切的) of one's own side; closely related 自己弟兄 one's own brothers