捨己為公 Save Sign in to save words Simplified: 舍己为公 shějǐwèigōng ㄕㄜˇ ㄐㄧˇ ㄨㄟˋ ㄍㄨㄥ to give up one's private interests for the public good (idiom) to behave altruistically selfless and public spirited Character by character 捨(shě)give up 己(jǐ)self 為(wèi)because of 公(gōng)public A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0