公而忘私 gōng ér wàng sī

DEFINITIONS

  1. for the common good and forgetting personal interests (idiom); to behave altruistically
  2. selfless

CHARACTERS

公 gōng
HSK 2
fair, equitable; public; duke
而 ér
HSK 3
and; and then; and yet; but
忘 wàng
HSK 3
forget; neglect; miss, omit
私 sī
HSK 5
private, personal; secret