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舍己

shě jǐ

2-character word Traditional 捨己

What 舍己 means

1. selfless
2. self-sacrifice (to help others)
3. self-renunciation
4. altruism

The characters in 舍己

• 舍shěto give up; to abandon; to give alms
• 己jǐself; oneself; sixth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干

Words starting with 舍己

• 舍己救人shě jǐ jiù rénto abandon self for others (idiom); to sacrifice oneself to help the people; altruism
• 舍己为人shě jǐ wèi rénto abandon self for others (idiom, from Analects); to sacrifice one's own interest for…
• 舍己为公shě jǐ wèi gōngto give up one's private interests for the public good (idiom); to behave altruistically…