鞠jūto incline (one's torso); to bow; leather ball used in ancient times; (literary) to bring up; to rear; Taiwan pr. [ju2]
鞠躬尽瘁,死而后已jū gōng jìn cuì , sǐ ér hòu yǐto bend to a task and spare no effort unto one's dying day (idiom); striving to the utmost one's whole life; with every breath in one's body, unto one's dying day