to abandon self for others (idiom, from Analects); to sacrifice one's own interest for other people; altruism
trad. 捨己為人
Also written 捨己為人【shě jǐ wèi rén】
Characters in this word
4舍
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to give up; to abandon, to give alms
- Pinyin
- shě
- Traditional
- 捨
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 21827 of 2500
己
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self, oneself, sixth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1], sixth in order, letter "F" or Roman "VI" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc, hexa
- Pinyin
- jǐ
- Strokes
- 3
- Frequency
- 7684 of 2500
为
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as (in the capacity of), to take sth as, to act as, to serve as, to behave as, to become, to be, to do, by (in the passive voice)
- Pinyin
- wéi
- Traditional
- 為
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 129 of 2500
人
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person; people, CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]
- Pinyin
- rén
- Strokes
- 2
- Frequency
- 30 of 2500