鞠躬尽瘁 — Chinese idiom
鞠躬尽瘁
jū gōng jìn cuì
Traditional: 鞠躬盡瘁
Meaning
- to bend to a task and spare no effort ; striving to the utmost
Character by character
- 鞠jūto bow, to bend; to nourish, to rear
- 躬gōngto bow; personally, in person; oneself
- 尽jìnto exhaust, to use up, to deplete
- 瘁cuìtired, worn-out; sick; overworked
Idioms sharing a character
- 卑躬屈膝 bēi gōng qū xī
- 一网打尽 yī wǎng dǎ jìn
- 一言难尽 yī yán nán jìn
- 一饮而尽 yī yǐn ér jìn
- 人尽可夫 rén jìn kě fū
- 人尽皆知 rén jìn jiē zhī
- 仁至义尽 rén zhì yì jìn
- 前功尽弃 qián gōng jìn qì
- 力尽神危 lì jìn shén wēi
- 各尽所能 gè jìn suǒ néng
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