put public interests before private ones
As a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Xi ā ng ō NGH ò us ī, which means to put business first and then consider private affairs. It comes from the biography of Du Shu.
Analysis of Idioms
Synonym: distinction between public and private
Idiom usage
In dealing with the public-private relationship, it can be said that the Qing government is loyal to the public before the private. The 97th chapter of Eastern Zhou Dynasty annals by Feng Menglong in Ming Dynasty
The origin of Idioms
"Three Kingdoms · Wei Zhi · biography of Du Shu" says: "those who are concerned about public affairs and selfishness must not be so, but those who are concerned about public affairs first and then selfishness must be self-employed."
Chinese PinYin : xiān gōng hòu sī
put public interests before private ones
beautifully designed and bound book. jīn tí yù xiè
associate with the distant countries and attack the near ones. yuǎn jiāo jìn gōng
friendship between old and young people. wàng nián zhī hǎo
use inferior materials and turn out substandard goods. tōu gōng jiǎn liào