📖 Meaning
To throw oneself into action with no regard for personal safety. It describes someone who acts courageously and selflessly, disregarding danger to their own life. The phrase is essentially synonymous with the more common idiom 奋不顾身.
📜 Origin Story
The phrase originates from a letter by the Song dynasty scholar-official Su Shi, titled 'Letter to Zhang Zihou' (与章子厚书). Su Shi remarked that even a foolish commoner, once moved by a single inspiring word, could rouse himself to act without regard for his own safety in order to fulfill his promise. The idiom later appeared in the writings of the Song dynasty poet Qin Guan, who praised an official for dedicating himself to remonstrance with the same selfless courage.
💡 Example Usage
面对危险，他奋身不顾地冲了进去救人。
Facing danger, he rushed in to rescue people without regard for his own safety.
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🔤 Quick Facts
- Chinese: 奋身不顾
- Pinyin: fèn shēn bù gù
- Literal Translation: exert, body, not, regard
- Category: Determination
- Characters: 4