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奋不顾身

fèn bù gù shēn

4-character word Traditional 奮不顧身

What 奋不顾身 means

1. to dash on bravely with no thought of personal safety (idiom); undaunted by dangers
2. regardless of perils

The characters in 奋不顾身

• 奋fènto exert oneself (bound form)
• 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
• 顾gùto look after; to take into consideration; to attend to
• 身shēnbody; life; oneself

Example sentences

• 他奋不顾身地把遇溺的男孩救了起来。
  Tā fènbùgùshēn de bǎ yùnì de nánhái jiù le qǐlai.
  He saved the drowning boy at the risk of his own life.