鞠躬尽瘁，死而后已

Traditional: 鞠躬盡瘁，死而後已

jū gōng jìn cuì , sǐ ér hòu yǐ

Dictionary entry

to bend to a task and spare no effort unto one's dying day (idiom); striving to the utmost one's whole life

What does 鞠躬尽瘁，死而后已 mean?

鞠躬尽瘁，死而后已 (jū gōng jìn cuì , sǐ ér hòu yǐ) has the following dictionary meaning.

1to bend to a task and spare no effort unto one's dying day (idiom); striving to the utmost one's whole life

2with every breath in one's body, unto one's dying day

Character breakdown

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鞠Jūsurname Ju 躬gōng(literary) body (of a human, esp. the torso) · (bound form) to bow 尽jǐnto the greatest extent · (when used before a noun of location) furthest or extreme 瘁cuìcare-worn · distressed 死sǐto die · impassable 而érand · as well as 后Hòusurname Hou 已yǐalready · to stop

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鞠躬尽瘁，死而后已

jū gōng jìn cuì , sǐ ér hòu yǐ

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