自觉自愿

自覺自願

zìjué-zìyuàn

idiom #95,675

Meanings

HSK 5

孩子做家务应该是自觉自愿的，不能靠强迫。

Háizi zuò jiāwù yīnggāi shì zìjué-zìyuàn de, bù néng kào qiǎngpò.

Children doing chores should come from their own willingness, not from being forced.

HSK 6

他自觉自愿地报名参加了志愿者队伍。

Tā zìjué-zìyuàn de bàomíng cānjiā le zhìyuànzhě duìwǔ.

He signed up for the volunteer corps entirely of his own accord.

grammar

Functions as an adverbial - usually paired with 地 before a verb (自觉自愿地做某事) or as a predicate (这是自觉自愿的).

usage

Common in education, volunteering, and political contexts. Stresses both awareness (自觉) and willingness (自愿) - neither under coercion nor blind.

自 zì

觉 jué

愿 yuàn