公而忘私 — Chinese idiom

Meaning

• for the common good and forgetting personal interests ; to behave altruistically
• selfless

Character by character

• 公gōngfair, equitable; public; duke
• 而érand, and then, and yet; but
• 忘wàngto forget, to miss, to neglect, to overlook
• 私sīpersonal, private, secret; selfish

Idioms sharing a character

• 假公济私 jiǎ gōng jì sī
• 克己奉公 kè jǐ fèng gōng
• 公之于世 gōng zhī yú shì
• 公之于众 gōng zhī yú zhòng
• 公事公办 gōng shì gōng bàn
• 公诸同好 gōng zhū tóng hào
• 公诸于世 gōng zhū yú shì
• 因公殉职 yīn gōng xùn zhí
• 天公作美 tiān gōng zuò měi
• 天公地道 tiān gōng dì dào

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