feel responsible for the welfare of the people
The Chinese idiom, Pinyin is j ǐ J ī J ǐ n ì, used to describe the rulers concerned about the suffering of the people. It also refers to deep sympathy for other people's suffering and taking relieving other people's suffering as one's own responsibility. It's from Mencius, under the leaves.
Analysis of Idioms
Drowning oneself and starving oneself
The origin of Idioms
Mencius · lilouxia: "if yu thinks that there are drowning people in the world, he will drown himself; if Ji thinks that there are starving people in the world, he will starve himself; so he is anxious."
Idiom usage
It is natural for us to be free from hunger and drowning, and to save ourselves from burning and drowning. Burning books in answer to Zhou Liutang by Li Zhi of Ming Dynasty
Chinese PinYin : jǐ jī jǐ nì
feel responsible for the welfare of the people
scratch the back while the knee is itching -- irrelevant. xī yǎng sāo bèi
overstrain of body due to diligent study at desk. àn dú láo xíng
Five accumulation and six acceptance. wǔ jī liù shòu
The monk can't run away from the temple. pǎo le hé shàng pǎo bù le miào
Take advantage of the opportunity. dǎo jī wò zhù