舍己 (捨己) shějǐ

shějǐ noun selfless; self-sacrifice (to help others); self-renunciation; altruism
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '捨己'; Mathews 1931 '捨己', p. 57)

Contained in

• 舍己为公(捨己為公) to give up one's private interests for the public good; to behave altruistically
• 舍己就人(捨己就人) to give up one's own interests for other people
• 舍己为人(捨己為人) to abandon self for others; to sacrifice one's own interest for other people
• 舍己从人(捨己從人) to give up one's own interests for other people
• 舍己救人(捨己救人) to abandon self for others; to sacrifice oneself to help the people; altruism
• 舍己成人(捨己成人) to give up one's own interests to help other people

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• 卷六十七 列傳第二十七 謝靈運 Volume 67 Biographies 27: Xie Lingyun Book of Song 宋書 — count: 1

Collocations

• 百姓舍己 (百姓捨己) 百姓舍己以上為心者 — Guanzi 管子, 立政第四 Chapter 4: Establishing Governance — count: 2