put public interests before private ones

put public interests before private ones

As a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Xi ā ng ō NGH ò us ī, which means to put business first and then consider private affairs. It comes from the biography of Du Shu.

Analysis of Idioms

Synonym: distinction between public and private

Idiom usage

In dealing with the public-private relationship, it can be said that the Qing government is loyal to the public before the private. The 97th chapter of Eastern Zhou Dynasty annals by Feng Menglong in Ming Dynasty

The origin of Idioms

"Three Kingdoms · Wei Zhi · biography of Du Shu" says: "those who are concerned about public affairs and selfishness must not be so, but those who are concerned about public affairs first and then selfishness must be self-employed."