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鞠躬盡瘁，死而後已

简鞠躬尽瘁，死而后已 · 繁鞠躬盡瘁，死而後已

Mandarin · pinyin jū gōng jìn cuì , sǐ ér hòu yǐ

to bend to a task and spare no effort unto one's dying day (idiom); striving to the utmost one's whole life
with every breath in one's body, unto one's dying day

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鞠: jū · bow, bend; rear, raise, nourish
躬: gōng · body; personally, in person
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瘁: cuì · feel tired, be weary, be worn out
死: sǐ · die; dead; death
而: ér · and; and then; and yet; but; Kangxi radical 126
後: hòu · behind, rear, after; descendents
已: yǐ · already; finished; stop
尽: jǐn · exhaust, use up; deplete
后: hòu · queen, empress, sovereign; (simp. for 後) behind, rear, after

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