尽其在我
jìn​qí​zài​wǒ

to do all one can

  • created sense approved 尽其在我/盡其在我 · jìn​qí​zài​wǒ · to do all one can — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    尽其在我 / 盡其在我

    jìn​qí​zài​wǒ

    to do all one can

    To put forth one's best effort and fulfill one's own responsibility regardless of others or the final outcome

    尽 (literal) → 尽/盡 · jìn · to do one's best 其 (literal) → 其 · qí · [third-person possessive] 在 (literal) → 在 · zài · to depend on 我 (literal) → 我 · wǒ · self

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense