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Definition(s) for: 舍己为人

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
舍己为人 shě jǐ wèi rén - to abandon self for others (idiom, from Analects); to sacrifice one's own interest for other people
- altruism

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 43,030 75,359 52,399

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
shè- surname She
shě- old variant of 捨|舍[she3]
shè- (bound form) residence; house
- (bound form) my (in speaking of relatives younger than oneself)
- (archaic) unit of distance equal to 30 li 里[li3]
shě- to give up; to abandon
- to give alms
- self
- oneself
- sixth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1]
- sixth in order
- letter "F" or Roman "VI" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc
- hexa
wéi- as (in the capacity of)
- to take sth as
- to act as
- to serve as
- to behave as
- to become
- to be
- to do
- by (in the passive voice)
wèi- because of
- for
- to
wéi- variant of 為|为[wei2]
wèi- variant of 為|为[wei4]
rén- person; people
- CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]

Other Words Containing 舍己为人

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Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
舍己为人 - - 43,030 75,359 52,399