make personal sacrifices for the public good
Sacrifice oneself for the public, Chinese idiom, Pinyin for SH ě J ǐ w è Ig ō ng, means to abandon personal interests for the public interest. From the poor.
The origin of Idioms
Fang Zhimin's "poverty": "but being reserved and meticulous, sacrificing oneself for the public, is the virtue of every Communist Party member."
Idiom usage
It refers to selflessness. example we should cultivate ourselves from childhood to have the good quality of sacrificing ourselves for the public.
Chinese PinYin : shě jǐ wèi gōng
make personal sacrifices for the public good
god blesses the good and punish the evil. fú shàn huò yín
get the chicken and lose the sheep. zhēng jī shī yáng
sit and prattle about the general principle. zuò ér lùn dào
I've been used to it for a long time. jiǔ guàn lǎo chéng