先人后己 xiānrénhòujǐ to put others before oneself Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 先 xiān adverb first earlier in time or sequence; beforehand; in advance人 rén nounpronoun other people other people; others; another person后 後 hòu locativepreposition after (bound form) later in time; afterwards; future; subsequent in a sequence己 jǐ pronoun self (bound form) self; oneself; your own body or person