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

to incline (one's torso); to bow

gōng

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

jìn

to use up

cuì

care-worn

,

to die

ér

and

hòu

back

already