to abandon self for others (idiom); to sacrifice oneself to help the people; altruism
trad. 捨己救人
Also written 捨己救人【shě jǐ jiù 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
救
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variant of 救[jiu4]
- Pinyin
- jiù
- Traditional
- 捄
- Strokes
- 11
- Frequency
- 489 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