公而忘私
Traditional form:
公而忘私
Pinyin (reading):
gōng'érwàngsī
Definitions:
- for the common good and forgetting personal interests (idiom); to behave altruistically
- selfless
Characters:
- 公 - fair, equitable; public; duke
- 而 - and, and then, and yet; but
- 忘 - to forget, to miss, to neglect, to overlook
- 私 - personal, private, secret; selfish
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