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舍己为人

shě jǐ wèi rén

4-character word Traditional 捨己為人

What 舍己为人 means

1. to abandon self for others (idiom, from Analects); to sacrifice one's own interest for other people
2. altruism

The characters in 舍己为人

• 舍shěto give up; to abandon; to give alms
• 己jǐself; oneself; sixth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干
• 为wéias (in the capacity of); to take sth as; to act as
• 人rénperson; people