捨己為人 Save Sign in to save words Simplified: 舍己为人 shějǐwèirén ㄕㄜˇ ㄐㄧˇ ㄨㄟˋ ㄖㄣˊ to abandon self for others (idiom, from Analects) to sacrifice one's own interest for other people altruism Character by character 捨(shě)give up 己(jǐ)self 為(wèi)because of 人(rén)person A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0