to give up one's private interests for the public good (idiom); to behave altruistically; selfless and public spirited
trad. 捨己為公
Also written 捨己為公【shě jǐ wèi gōng】
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
公
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public, collectively owned, common, international (e.g. high seas, metric system, calendar), make public, fair, just, Duke, highest of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4], honorable (gentlemen), father-in-law, male (animal)
- Pinyin
- gōng
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 10647 of 2500