経けい国こく済さい民みん

noun

governing a nation and providing relief to people

A yojijukugo (four-character compound) expressing the ideal of ruling a country and saving its people from hardship. Formal and literary; used in political or historical contexts.

• 経けい国こく済さい民みんの精せい神しんは、古ふるくから為い政せい者しゃの理り想そうとされてきた。

  The spirit of governing the nation and relieving the people has long been considered an ideal for rulers.