go to one 's death like a hero(kāng kǎi jiù yì)

go to one 's death like a hero

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is k ā NGK ǎ Iji ù y ì, which means to die for justice with dignity. It generally refers to the people who died bravely for the revolutionary cause. It comes from the story of the jade mirror Terrace: Wang dunfan.

Idiom usage

To sacrifice for the sake of justice. And then he was arrested by the enemy, unyielding in front of the enemy, and died generously. The third volume of selected works of Mao Zedong appendix: resolution on some historical issues

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?"

Analysis of Idioms

To die for the country

Chinese PinYin : kāng kǎi jiù yì