be sworn to live or die together(shēng sǐ zhī jiāo)

be sworn to live or die together

Friends of life and death, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is sh ē ngs ǐ zh ī Ji ā o, meaning friendship of life and death. It comes from the fragrance of crepe plum by Zheng Dehui in Yuan Dynasty.

The origin of Idioms

Zheng Dehui, Yuan Dynasty, wrote in crepe plum fragrance: "the Duke of Jin was in a dangerous situation. My father stepped forward to fight and saved his life. He was shot six times, so he became a life and death friend with my father."

Idiom usage

The 62nd chapter of romance of the Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong of Ming Dynasty? Liu Ruo and Zhang Ren are close friends with someone; if they are willing to let someone go, they immediately invite them to come down and offer Luocheng. Chapter 68 of the romance of the Three Kingdoms: "Ling Tong immediately bowed to Ning Ning and said," I don't want the Duke to be so gracious! " Since then, he has become a life and death friend with Gan Ning. " The fourth and seventh chapter of Shi Naian's outlaws of the marsh in the Ming Dynasty: "the man who has not been able to bear is a friend of life and death with him for many years Chapter 47 of outlaws of the Marsh: Although my family and you have made life and death friends and vowed to work together to catch Liangshanpo anti thieves and clean up the mountain stronghold, how can you join the anti thieves and seek treason? Feng Menglong's Chronicles of the states of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty in the Ming Dynasty: Yiwu heard of it and sighed: "my parents gave birth to me, and Bao Shuya knows me!" So he became a friend of life and death. In Hu Cai's preface to & lt; in a peaceful day & gt; ", he is deeply troubled by the serious differences between Lao Yan and Liang Jian, the two old comrades in arms who are close friends of life and death."

Chinese PinYin : shēng sǐ zhī jiāo