"捨己為人" meaning in Chinese

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Phrase

IPA: /ʂɤ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡ɕi²¹⁴⁻²¹ weɪ̯⁵¹ ʐən³⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA, standard], /sɛː³⁵ kei̯³⁵ wɐi̯²² jɐn²¹/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /ʂɤ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡ɕi²¹⁴⁻²¹ weɪ̯⁵¹ ʐən³⁵/, /sɛː³⁵ kei̯³⁵ wɐi̯²² jɐn²¹/ Chinese transliterations: shějǐwèirén [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄕㄜˇ ㄐㄧˇ ㄨㄟˋ ㄖㄣˊ [Mandarin, bopomofo], se² gei² wai⁶ jan⁴ [Cantonese, Jyutping], shějǐwèirén [Phonetic:shéjǐwèirén] [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin, standard], ㄕㄜˇ ㄐㄧˇ ㄨㄟˋ ㄖㄣˊ [Mandarin, bopomofo, standard], shějǐwèirén [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin, standard], shê³-chi³-wei⁴-jên² [Mandarin, Wade-Giles, standard], shě-jǐ-wèi-rén [Mandarin, Yale, standard], sheejiiweyren [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin, standard], шэцзивэйжэнь [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], šɛczivɛjžɛnʹ [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], sé géi waih yàhn [Cantonese, Yale], se² gei² wai⁶ jan⁴ [Cantonese, Pinyin], sé² géi² wei⁶ yen⁴ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization] Forms: 舍己为人, 捨己爲人, 舍己爲人, 舍己為人
Head templates: {{head|zh|idiom}} 捨己為人
  1. to sacrifice one's own interests for the sake of others Tags: idiomatic
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      "form": "舍己为人",
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    },
    {
      "form": "捨己爲人",
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    },
    {
      "form": "舍己爲人",
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        "Traditional Chinese"
      ]
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      "glosses": [
        "to sacrifice one's own interests for the sake of others"
      ],
      "id": "en-捨己為人-zh-phrase-XV6892sM",
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        [
          "sacrifice",
          "sacrifice"
        ],
        [
          "interest",
          "interest"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
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    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shějǐwèirén"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄕㄜˇ ㄐㄧˇ ㄨㄟˋ ㄖㄣˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "se² gei² wai⁶ jan⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shějǐwèirén [Phonetic:shéjǐwèirén]"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄕㄜˇ ㄐㄧˇ ㄨㄟˋ ㄖㄣˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shějǐwèirén"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shê³-chi³-wei⁴-jên²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shě-jǐ-wèi-rén"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sheejiiweyren"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "шэцзивэйжэнь"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "šɛczivɛjžɛnʹ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʂɤ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡ɕi²¹⁴⁻²¹ weɪ̯⁵¹ ʐən³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sé géi waih yàhn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "se² gei² wai⁶ jan⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sé² géi² wei⁶ yen⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sɛː³⁵ kei̯³⁵ wɐi̯²² jɐn²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "other": "[Phonetic: shéjǐwèirén]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʂɤ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡ɕi²¹⁴⁻²¹ weɪ̯⁵¹ ʐən³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sɛː³⁵ kei̯³⁵ wɐi̯²² jɐn²¹/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "捨己為人"
}
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      "form": "舍己为人",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Simplified Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "捨己爲人",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Traditional Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "舍己爲人",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Traditional Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "舍己為人",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Traditional Chinese"
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    }
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        "Chinese idioms",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 人",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 己",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 捨",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 為",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Mandarin chengyu",
        "Mandarin idioms",
        "Mandarin lemmas",
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        "to sacrifice one's own interests for the sake of others"
      ],
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        [
          "sacrifice",
          "sacrifice"
        ],
        [
          "interest",
          "interest"
        ]
      ],
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        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shějǐwèirén"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄕㄜˇ ㄐㄧˇ ㄨㄟˋ ㄖㄣˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "se² gei² wai⁶ jan⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shějǐwèirén [Phonetic:shéjǐwèirén]"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄕㄜˇ ㄐㄧˇ ㄨㄟˋ ㄖㄣˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shějǐwèirén"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shê³-chi³-wei⁴-jên²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shě-jǐ-wèi-rén"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sheejiiweyren"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "шэцзивэйжэнь"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "šɛczivɛjžɛnʹ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʂɤ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡ɕi²¹⁴⁻²¹ weɪ̯⁵¹ ʐən³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sé géi waih yàhn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "se² gei² wai⁶ jan⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sé² géi² wei⁶ yen⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sɛː³⁵ kei̯³⁵ wɐi̯²² jɐn²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "other": "[Phonetic: shéjǐwèirén]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʂɤ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡ɕi²¹⁴⁻²¹ weɪ̯⁵¹ ʐən³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sɛː³⁵ kei̯³⁵ wɐi̯²² jɐn²¹/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "捨己為人"
}

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