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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 公而忘私
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 公而忘私 | gōng ér wàng sī | - for the common good and forgetting personal interests (idiom); to behave altruistically - selfless |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | - | 81,844 | 122,489 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 公 | gōng | - public - collectively owned - common - international (e.g. high seas, metric system, calendar) - make public - fair - just - Duke, highest of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4] - honorable (gentlemen) - father-in-law - male (animal) |
| 而 | ér | - and - as well as - and so - but (not) - yet (not) - (indicates causal relation) - (indicates change of state) - (indicates contrast) |
| 忘 | wàng | - to forget - to overlook - to neglect |
| 私 | sī | - personal - private - selfish |
Other Words Containing 公而忘私
Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.
| Word | HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
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