鞠躬尽力，死而后已
jū​gōng​jìn​lì​sǐ'ér​hòu​yǐ

to give one's all until death

  1. 鞠躬 jū​gōng verb + noun
    to bow
    To bend the body as a gesture of respect or greeting; can also mean to bend down in a literary context.
  2. 尽力 盡力 jìn​lì verb + noun
    to try one's best
    to strive one's hardest or do all one can
  3. ， sǐ
    non-Chinese
  4. 死 sǐ verb
    to die
    to die; to pass away; to perish
  5. 而 ér particleconjunction
    [adverbial linker]
    Connects an adverb-like description to the following verb to show the manner, cause, or basis of an action.
  6. 后 後 hòu locativepreposition
    after
    (bound form) later in time; afterwards; future; subsequent in a sequence
  7. 已 yǐ adjectiveadverb
    to stop
    (bound form) to stop; to cease; to end