公而忘私

gōng'érwàngsī

so devoted to public service as to forget private interests; selfless

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gong1 er2 wang4 si1

for the common good and forgetting personal interests (idiom); to behave altruistically, selfless

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公而忘私

gōng ér wàng sī

selfless; Public business comes before private affairs.; so devoted to public service as to forget one's own (private) interests; forget selfishness in the interest of the public:

公而忘私， 国而忘家。 Public business comes before private affairs. The state comes before the family.

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公而忘私|公而忘私 [gōng ér wàng sī] ► for the common good and forgetting personal interests (idiom); to behave altruistically ► selfless