Go out of business

Go out of business

As a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is ch à g à NGW à ngs à, which means to forget private affairs out of public interest. It comes from Mei Zengliang's preface to sending Zhou Shi to live in Qing Dynasty.

Idiom usage

Used as an object or attribute; used to forget personal feelings

The origin of Idioms

Mei Zengliang's preface to sending Zhou Shisheng in the Qing Dynasty: "it's not enough to be appointed by the imperial court or to send people's eyes and ears if it's not to be selfless, to sweep away the same and different gratitude and resentment, and to screen out the city government."

Idiom explanation

For the sake of the public, forget the private.