鞠躬尽瘁,死而后已

jū gōng jìn cuì , sǐ ér hòu yǐ

to bend to a task and spare no effort unto one's dying day (idiom); striving to the utmost one's whole life

with every breath in one's body, unto one's dying day

鞠

jū

to incline (one's torso); to bow

躬

gōng

(literary) body (of a human, esp. the torso)

尽

jìn

to use up

瘁

cuì

care-worn

,

,

死

sǐ

to die

而

ér

and

后

hòu

back

已

yǐ

already