馬革裹屍
Chinese
horse; surname | leather; remove | wrap around | corpse | ||
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trad. (馬革裹屍) | 馬 | 革 | 裹 | 屍 | |
simp. (马革裹尸) | 马 | 革 | 裹 | 尸 | |
Literally: “to have one's corpse shrouded in horse leather”. |
Pronunciation
Verb
馬革裹屍 (chengyu)
- (of a soldier) to die in the battlefield