鞠 {jú}

1. to bring up
2. to rear
3. Taiwan pr. [ju2]

鞠 guk¹ {jū}

1. to bring up
2. to rear
3. Taiwan pr. [ju2]

鞠 guk¹ {Jū}

surname Ju

鞠育 guk¹ juk⁶ {jū yù}

to foster; to raise; to bring up

鞠躬 guk¹ gung¹ {jū gōng}

1. to bow
2. (literary) to bend down

鞠躬盡力〔--尽-〕 guk¹ gung¹ zeon⁶ lik⁶ {jū gōng jìn lì}

1. to bend to a task and spare no effort (idiom); striving to the utmost
2. same as 鞠躬盡瘁

鞠躬盡瘁〔--尽-〕 guk¹ gung¹ zeon⁶ seoi⁶ {jū gōng jìn cuì}

to bend to a task and spare no effort (idiom); striving to the utmost

鞠躬盡瘁，死而後已〔--尽----后-〕 guk¹ gung¹ zeon⁶ seoi⁶ ，sei² ji⁴ hau⁶ ji⁵ {jū gōng jìn cuì , sǐ ér hòu yǐ}

1. to bend to a task and spare no effort unto one's dying day (idiom); striving to the utmost one's whole life
2. with every breath in one's body, unto one's dying day