sacrifice oneself to protect others(shě jǐ wèi rén)

sacrifice oneself to protect others

Sacrifice oneself for others, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is sh ě J ǐ w è IR é n, meaning to give up one's own interests to help others. From the Analects of Confucius advanced.

explain

Give up, give up. It means to give up one's own opinions and go along with others. It means to give up one's own interests to help others.

The origin of Idioms

The Analects of Confucius advanced: "the master sighed with a sigh:" I and the point. " Zhu Xi's note: "at the beginning, there was no intention of sacrificing oneself for others, but his mind was leisurely, straight up and down with all things in the world, and each had its own wonderful place."

well-known saying

A famous saying about self sacrifice: I don't go to hell, who goes to hell. To worry before the common people worries; to enjoy only after the people can enjoy. A spring silkworm may not stop spinning silk until death, a candle's tears dry only when it's burned down to ashes. He devoted himself to the cause of death. Die for the national calamity, and see death as return (Cao Zhi).

Idiom usage

Serial verb; as predicate and attribute; with commendatory meaning

Chinese PinYin : shě jǐ wèi rén