身先士卒

to fight at the head of one's troops / (fig.) to take the lead

body / life / oneself / personally / one's morality and conduct / the main part of a structure or body / pregnant / classifier for sets of clothes: suit, twinset / Kangxi radical 158

early / prior / former / in advance / first

member of the senior ministerial class (old) / scholar (old) / bachelor / honorific / soldier / noncommissioned officer / specialist worker

soldier / private (army)

variant of 卒[zu2]

variant of 猝[cu4]

soldier / servant / to finish / to die / finally / at last / pawn in Chinese chess