舍己为公
舍己为公
shě jǐ wèi gōng
to give up one's private interests for the public good (idiom); to behave altruistically; selfless and public spirited
verbidiom
Traditional: 捨己為公
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- (verb, idiom) to give up one's private interests for the public good (idiom); to behave altruistically
- selfless and public spirited
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Related Words
公而忘私(gōng ér wàng sī)— for the common good and forgetting personal interests (idiom); to behave altruistically
→假公济私(jiǎ gōng jì sī)— official authority used for private interests (idiom); to attain private ends by abusing public position
→公私(gōng sī)— public and private (interests, initiative etc)
→公私兼顾(gōng sī jiān gù)— to adequately take into account both public and private interests
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