頸血

頸血

See also: 颈血

Chinese

		neck	blood
trad. (頸血)		頸	血
simp. (颈血)		颈	血

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jǐngxuè, jǐngxuě, jǐngxiě

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄥˇ ㄒㄩㄝˋ, ㄐㄧㄥˇ ㄒㄩㄝˇ, ㄐㄧㄥˇ ㄒㄧㄝˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
    • Pinyin: jǐngxuè
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄥˇ ㄒㄩㄝˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiingshiueh
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ɕɥ̯œ⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, variant in Mainland)⁺
    • Pinyin: jǐngxuě [Phonetic: jíngxuě]
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄥˇ ㄒㄩㄝˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiingsheue
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ɕɥ̯œ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; colloquial in Mainland)⁺
    • Pinyin: jǐngxiě [Phonetic: jíngxiě]
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄥˇ ㄒㄧㄝˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiingshiie
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ɕi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Noun

頸血

1. (archaic) the blood of one's severed neck (after one's head has been chopped off for showing defiance); to be ready and willing to die (for what one believes in)

   • 賊臣董卓，敢為欺天之謀，吾當以頸血濺之！ [MSC, trad.]
     贼臣董卓，敢为欺天之谋，吾当以颈血溅之！ [MSC, simp.]

     From: c. 1330 - 1400: Luo Guanzhong, Romance of the Three Kingdoms/Chapter 4

     Zéi chén Dǒng Zhuó, gǎn wèi qī tiān zhī móu, wú dāng yǐ jǐngxuè jiàn zhī! [Pinyin]

     Dong Zhuo, you villainous scoundrel! You dare carry out a scheme which deceives heaven. I should stain you with the blood of my (severed) neck (rather than submit, and live in tyranny)!

Usage notes

• The use of this term implied that one was ready and willing to die for what one believed in