make personal sacrifices for the public good
Sacrifice oneself for the public, Chinese idiom, Pinyin for SH ě J ǐ w è Ig ō ng, means to abandon personal interests for the public interest. From the poor.
The origin of Idioms
Fang Zhimin's "poverty": "but being reserved and meticulous, sacrificing oneself for the public, is the virtue of every Communist Party member."
Idiom usage
It refers to selflessness. example we should cultivate ourselves from childhood to have the good quality of sacrificing ourselves for the public.
make personal sacrifices for the public good
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