to bend to a task and spare no effort (idiom); striving to the utmost
trad. 鞠躬盡瘁
Also written 鞠躬盡瘁【jū gōng jìn cuì】
Characters in this word
4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