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This time, we present the Chinese idiom 「舍己為公」, with its definition and usage detailed below.
Abandon personal interests for the public good.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
shě jǐ wéi gōng
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
se3 gei2 wai6/wai4 gung1
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