无私奉献 (wú sī fèng xiàn) — selfless dedication; to dedicate oneself selfle…

Definition

A formal, written phrase meaning 'selfless dedication' — used to praise people's devotion to a cause or others. Reads as one unit (a verb-object idiom), not as separate words.

verb

selfless dedicationto dedicate oneself selflessly

Examples

无私奉献，。
Tā yì shēng dōu zài wú sī fèng xiàn, bāng zhù le xǔ duō rén.
He dedicated himself selflessly all his life and helped many people.
无私奉献。
wú sī fèng xiàn De jīng shén zhí dé wǒ men xué xí.
The spirit of selfless dedication is worth learning from.
，无私奉献，。
Zài zhè cì jiù yuán zhōng, zhì yuàn zhě men wú sī fèng xiàn, lìng rén gǎn dòng.
In this rescue operation, the volunteers showed selfless dedication, which was touching.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

无私without selfishness

无wúwithout私sīselfishness

动宾Verb + object

奉献dedicate

奉fèngoffer献xiànpresent

联合Coordinate

无私 means without selfishness, and 奉献 means to offer and present, giving selfless dedication.

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 無; 无 is its simplified writing.

For the simplified 无, the story is about 無. 無 drew a person dancing with ox tails held in both hands to pray for rain, then was borrowed for 'have no', so the picture does not explain that meaning.

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Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

禾厶私

Meaning part形符xíngfú

禾禾hé

Sound part声符shēngfú

厶

厶sī私sī

Same sound today

私 combines 禾 and 厶; 厶 originally represented the word, and 禾 was added later.

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Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.