自じ重ちょう自じ戒かい

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'

self-restraint and self-admonition; being prudent and cautious

A formal, somewhat literary compound emphasizing both holding oneself back (自重) and warning oneself (自戒). Often used in contexts of moral discipline or official statements.

• 公こう務む員いんとして、常つねに自じ重ちょう自じ戒かいの念ねんを持もって行こう動どうすべきだ。

  As a public servant, one should always act with a sense of self-restraint and self-admonition.

• 彼かれは失しっ敗ぱいを繰くり返かえさないよう、自じ重ちょう自じ戒かいしている。

  He is exercising self-restraint and self-admonition so as not to repeat his mistakes.