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鞠躬尽瘁

jū gōng jìn cuìdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
to bend to a task and spare no effort (idiom) / striving to the utmost
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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-44705797aa1393c9. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

鞠躬盡瘁 鞠躬尽瘁 [ju1 gong1 jin4 cui4] /to bend to a task and spare no effort (idiom); striving to the utmost/

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Other forms in these source records: 鞠躬盡瘁

  • 鞠
    jū

    to incline (one's torso) / to bow / leather ball used in ancient times / (literary) to bring up / to rear / Taiwan pr. [jú]

    Jū

    surname Ju

  • 躬
    gōng

    (literary) body (of a human, esp. the torso) / (bound form) to bow / (literary) oneself / personally

  • 尽
    jǐn

    to the greatest extent / (when used before a noun of location) furthest or extreme / to be within the limits of / to give priority to

    jìn

    to use up / to exhaust / to end / to finish / to the utmost / exhausted / finished / to the limit (of sth) / all / entirely

  • 瘁
    cuì

    care-worn / distressed / tired / overworked / sick / weary

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.