事必躬亲

Traditional: 事必躬親

shì bì gōng qīn

Dictionary entry

to attend to everything personally

What does 事必躬亲 mean?

事必躬亲 (shì bì gōng qīn) has the following dictionary meaning.

1to attend to everything personally

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事shìmatter · thing 必bìcertainly · must 躬gōng(literary) body (of a human, esp. the torso) · (bound form) to bow 亲qīnparent · one's own (flesh and blood)

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事必躬亲

shì bì gōng qīn

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