die for the sake of righteousness
Chinese idiom, Pinyin is k ā NGK ǎ if ù y ì, which means to sacrifice for justice with dignity. It comes from the story of the jade mirror Terrace: Wang dunfan.
Analysis of Idioms
[synonym]: sacrifice generously
Idiom usage
He was so generous that he cried, kowtowed, raised a fire, killed a martyr, and more than 30 people died. Biography of Liang Liefu by Wang Youding in Qing Dynasty
The origin of Idioms
Wang dunfan, a story of jade mirror platform written by Zhu Ding of Ming Dynasty: "a man should go to justice generously, why should he be sad?"
Chinese PinYin : kāng kǎi fù yì
die for the sake of righteousness
worse off than some, better off than many. bǐ shàng bù zú,bǐ xià yǒu yú
the difference between heaven and earth. xiāo rǎng zhī shū