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公而忘私
Mandarin · pinyin gōng ér wàng sī
Meanings
- for the common good and forgetting personal interests (idiom); to behave altruistically
- selfless
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1–2–4–1 · gong1 er2 wang4 si1
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
gung1 ji4 mong4 si1
Cantonese word readings for 公而忘私. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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