忧国忧民

憂國憂民

yōuguóyōumín

idiom #96,749

Meanings

Dù Fǔ de shī chōngmǎn le yōu guó yōu mín de qínghuái.

Du Fu's poetry is full of concern for country and people.

Tā shì yí wèi yōu guó yōu mín de zhīshi fènzǐ.

He is an intellectual who cares deeply about the nation and the people.

culture

A defining virtue of the traditional Confucian scholar-official: caring about the state and ordinary people is part of one's duty as a literatus.

忧 yōu

国 guó

民 mín