救きゅう国こく済さい民みん

noun

saving the nation and relieving the people

A yojijukugo (four-character idiom) expressing the ideal of rescuing the country from crisis while also alleviating the suffering of its people. Often used in political or historical contexts.

• 彼かれは救きゅう国こく済さい民みんの志こころざしを抱いだいて政せい治じの道みちに進すすんだ。

  He entered politics with the aspiration of saving the nation and relieving the people.

• 救きゅう国こく済さい民みんを掲かかげた改かい革かくが行おこなわれた。

  Reforms were carried out under the banner of saving the nation and relieving the people.