鞠躬尽瘁，死而后已
jū​gōng​jìn​cuì​sǐ'ér​hòu​yǐ

to give one's all until death

  1. 鞠躬尽瘁 鞠躬盡瘁 jū​gōng​jìn​cuì
    to spare no effort
    to work with total dedication and strive to the utmost, literally "to bend to the task until one is worn out"; often used in the phrase 鞠躬尽瘁，死而后已 jū​gōng​jìn​cuì​sǐ'ér​hòu​yǐ
  2. ， sǐ
    non-Chinese
  3. 死而后已 死而後已 sǐ'ér​hòu​yǐ
    until one's dying day
    until death puts an end; to work tirelessly for a cause until the very end
  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