Tā jūgōng-jìncuì, wèi guójiā de jiànshè xiànchū le yīshēng.
He gave his all and devoted his entire life to the construction of the country.
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history
This idiom is most famously associated with Zhuge Liang (诸葛亮), the brilliant strategist of the Three Kingdoms period. His memorial 出师表 contains the line 鞠躬尽瘁，死而后已 - to give one's all until one's dying breath.
memory
Picture bowing (鞠躬) so deeply you are exhausted (尽瘁). The whole body is spent in service.
