視死如歸
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Chinese[edit]
to look at; to regard; to inspect | to die; impassable; uncrossable to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid |
as (if); such as | to go back; to return | ||
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trad. (視死如歸) | 視 | 死 | 如 | 歸 | |
simp. (视死如归) | 视 | 死 | 如 | 归 |
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Idiom[edit]
視死如歸
- to be courageous and not fear death; to not fear sacrificing oneself for a greater cause
- 是故君子以義死難,視死如歸;生而辱不如死而榮。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE
- Shìgù jūnzǐ yǐ yì sǐ nàn, shìsǐrúguī; shēng ér rǔ bùrú sǐ ér róng. [Pinyin]
- Therefore a junzi, being at one with righteousness, embraces death in the face of calamity, and regards death as homecoming. To live a life of humiliation is worse than suffering death with honour.
是故君子以义死难,视死如归;生而辱不如死而荣。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
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