to bend to a task and spare no effort unto one's dying day (idiom); striving to the utmost one's whole life; with every breath in one's body, unto one's dying day
trad. 鞠躬盡瘁，死而後已
Also written 鞠躬盡瘁，死而後已【jū gōng jìn cuì , sǐ ér hòu yǐ】
Characters in this word
8鞠
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surname Ju
- Pinyin
- Jū
- Strokes
- 17
躬
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(literary) body (of a human, esp. the torso), (bound form) to bow, (literary) oneself; personally
- Pinyin
- gōng
- Strokes
- 10
- Frequency
- 37339 of 2500
尽
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to the greatest extent, (when used before a noun of location) furthest or extreme, to be within the limits of, to give priority to
- Pinyin
- jǐn
- Traditional
- 儘
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 2396 of 2500
瘁
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care-worn, distressed, tired, overworked, sick, weary
- Pinyin
- cuì
- Strokes
- 13
死
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to die, impassable, uncrossable, inflexible, rigid, extremely, damned
- Pinyin
- sǐ
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 113 of 2500
而
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and, as well as, and so, but (not), yet (not), (indicates causal relation), (indicates change of state), (indicates contrast)
- Pinyin
- ér
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 131 of 2500
后
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surname Hou
- Pinyin
- Hòu
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 233 of 2500
已
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already, to stop, then, afterwards
- Pinyin
- yǐ
- Strokes
- 3
- Frequency
- 410 of 2500