鞠躬盡瘁，死而後已

Chinese
to bend oneself to a task and exert oneself to the utmost; to spare no effort in the performance of one's duty until one's dying day; not giving up until death
trad. (鞠躬盡瘁，死而後已) 鞠躬盡瘁 ， 死而後已
simp. (鞠躬尽瘁，死而后已) 鞠躬尽瘁 ， 死而后已

Pronunciation
  • Mandarin
    (Pinyin): jū gōng jìn cuì, sǐ ér hòu yǐ, jú gōng jìn cuì, sǐ ér hòu yǐ
    (Zhuyin): ㄐㄩ ㄍㄨㄥ ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄘㄨㄟˋ, ㄙˇ ㄦˊ ㄏㄡˋ ㄧˇ, ㄐㄩˊ ㄍㄨㄥ ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄘㄨㄟˋ, ㄙˇ ㄦˊ ㄏㄡˋ ㄧˇ
  • Cantonese (Jyutping): guk1 gung1 zeon6 seoi6 ，sei2 ji4 hau6 ji5
  • Mandarin
    • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)+
      • Pinyin: jū gōng jìn cuì, sǐ ér hòu yǐ
      • Zhuyin: ㄐㄩ ㄍㄨㄥ ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄘㄨㄟˋ, ㄙˇ ㄦˊ ㄏㄡˋ ㄧˇ
      • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiu gong jinn tsuey, syy erl how yyi
      • IPA (key): /t͡ɕy⁵⁵ kʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕin⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰu̯eɪ̯⁵¹ sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ˀɤɻ³⁵ xoʊ̯⁵¹ i²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
    • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)+
      • Pinyin: jú gōng jìn cuì, sǐ ér hòu yǐ
      • Zhuyin: ㄐㄩˊ ㄍㄨㄥ ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄘㄨㄟˋ, ㄙˇ ㄦˊ ㄏㄡˋ ㄧˇ
      • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyu gong jinn tsuey, syy erl how yyi
      • IPA (key): /t͡ɕy³⁵ kʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕin⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰu̯eɪ̯⁵¹ sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ˀɤɻ³⁵ xoʊ̯⁵¹ i²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
  • Cantonese

Idiom

鞠躬盡瘁，死而後已

  1. to bend one's back to the task until one's dying day; to give one's all till one's heart stops beating
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