What Does "鞠躬尽瘁死而后已" (jū gōng jìn cuì sǐ ér hòu yǐ) Mean?

jū鞠gōng躬jìn尽cuì瘁 sǐ死ér而hòu后yǐ已

to the State of Chu, to my last breath.

HSK Vocabulary

尽H6 死H4 而H4 后H1 已H4

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Source Media

TV Series

Season & Episode

S1 E18

Clip Timestamp

18:31

TMDB ID

289271

Conversation Context

Line	Chinese	Pinyin	Translation
1	只是随便聊聊殿下臣为大楚江山	zhǐ shì suí biàn liáo liáo diàn xià chén wèi dà chǔ jiāng shān	Just making conversation. Your Highness, I give everything I have
2▶	鞠躬尽瘁死而后已	jū gōng jìn cuì sǐ ér hòu yǐ	to the State of Chu, to my last breath.
3	绝无二心	jué wú èr xīn	My loyalty is absolute.

More Clips From Episode

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HSK 1

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好个有心无力

hǎo gè yǒu xīn wú lìTied?

HSK 4

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谢大人这唱戏的功夫

xiè dà rén zhè chàng xì de gōng fuYour acting now matches your mastery of the game.

HSK 4

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可要与棋艺不相伯仲了

kě yào yǔ qí yì bù xiāng bó zhòng leYour acting now matches your mastery of the game.

HSK 4

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默许将这罪名推到他的头上？

mò xǔ jiāng zhè zuì míng tuī dào tā de tóu shàng ？Yet why did you allow this crime to be placed upon him?

这苍木寨有什么需要大动干戈的秘密？

HSK 5

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这苍木寨有什么需要大动干戈的秘密？

zhè cāng mù zhài yǒu shén me xū yào dà dòng gān gē de mì mì ？What secret does the Cangmu Stronghold have that requires such drastic measures?

HSK 7

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你爹欺君之罪难逃

nǐ diē qī jūn zhī zuì nán táoYour father would have been accused of deceiving His Majesty

HSK 3

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如果被发现后患无穷

rú guǒ bèi fā xiàn hòu huàn wú qióngShould you be discovered, disaster will follow.

HSK 7

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我定然会将事情查个水落石出

wǒ dìng rán huì jiāng shì qíng chá gè shuǐ luò shí chūI will get to the bottom of it,

HSK 4

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那太傅定会拿擅离职守做文章

nà tài fù dìng huì ná shàn lí zhí shǒu zuò wén zhāngMr. Deng will certainly weaponize my unauthorized absence against you,

HSK 1

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我赴汤蹈火在所不辞

wǒ fù tāng dǎo huǒ zài suǒ bù cíFor you and the General, there's nothing I wouldn't do.

HSK 6

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臣愿立军令状

chén yuàn lì jūn lìng zhuàngI pledge my life on my duty.

HSK 4

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为兄自然鼎力相助

wèi xiōng zì rán dǐng lì xiāng zhùI shall spare no effort in his aid.

若能取其王首不正是扬我国威之时？

HSK 7

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若能取其王首不正是扬我国威之时？

ruò néng qǔ qí wáng shǒu bù zhèng shì yáng wǒ guó wēi zhī shí ？But if we take the King's head, will it not be the time to proclaim our might?

HSK 5

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- 不能打呀 - 必须打

- bù néng dǎ ya - bì xū dǎ- We cannot go to war! - We must.