马革裹尸
马革裹尸
mǎ gé guǒ shī
to be buried in a horse hide (idiom); to give one's life on the battlefield
verbidiom
Traditional: 馬革裹屍
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- (verb, idiom) to be buried in a horse hide (idiom)
- to give one's life on the battlefield
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Related Words
一不做，二不休(yī bù zuò , èr bù xiū)· don't do it, or don't rest (idiom); either give up, or go through to the end
→一命呜呼(yī mìng wū hū)· to die (idiom)
→一生一世(yī shēng yī shì)· a whole lifetime (idiom); all my life
→以身报国(yǐ shēn bào guó)· to give one's body for the nation (idiom); to spend one's whole life in the service of the country
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