舍己为公

to give up one's private interests for the public good (idiom); to behave altruistically / selfless and public spirited

Characters and words in 舍己为公

to give up / to abandon / to give alms

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a pawn who is abandoned to save the king.

Neanderthal Man (人) is so hungry that he opens his mouth, sticks out his tongue (舌) and is about to devour Sherlock Holmes (sh) in the elevator (e3), but Sherlock Holmes acts quickly enough to throw a pawn (舍) onto Neanderthal Man's tongue so that he munches the pawn instead.
surname She
old variant of 捨|舍[she3]
residence
to give up; to abandon / to give alms
selfless / self-sacrifice (to help others) / self-renunciation / altruism
self / oneself / sixth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1] / sixth in order / letter "F" or Roman "VI" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / hexa

This character looks like a butcher's hook. In the space station, Joan of Arc wants to conduct an experiment about a sixth order chaotic pendulum. First she hooks a butcher's hook to a sickle, then sticks the sickle's end into a flute, and finally hooks the handle of a shovel into the last hole of the flute. She then swings the chaotic pendulum to observe its behaviour.
as (in the capacity of) / to take sth as / to act as / to serve as / to behave as / to become / to be / to do / by (in the passive voice)
because of / for / to

= + : This one looks like a bird with crazy hair, and when I googled "bird with crazy hair", wow was I amazed how many birds with crazy hair there are! Penguins are birds with crazy hair! So let's use a penguin for this character.

= + : The crazy hair penguin wants to use the Eiffel Tower's bathroom, but because Willy Walrus just finished it stinks like hell. The first thing crazy hair penguin does is to press the button to release a heap of blossoms to make the air breathable again.
variant of 為|为[wei2] / as (i.e. in the capacity of) / to take sth as / to act as / to serve as / to behave as / to become / to be / to do
variant of 為|为[wei4]
variant of 為|为[wei2]
public / collectively owned / common / international (e.g. high seas, metric system, calendar) / make public / fair / just / Duke, highest of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4] / honorable (gentlemen) / father-in-law / male (animal)

= + : Mnemonic symbol from 公交车: a (magic) bus.

= + : Gitta Giraffe has to deliver 100 eight balls to engine driving a magic bus. She is driving in front of the engine and because the load is so heavy, she is driving very slowly. Additionally, she tried to decrease the wind resistance by installing a large fake nose at the front of the bus.

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