cowardly(tān shēng è sǐ)
cowardly
Greed for life and hatred for death is an idiom, pronounced t ā NSH ē NGW ù s ǐ, which means greed for survival and fear of death.
interpretation
Love to live, fear to die. It is the same as "being greedy for life and fearing death".
source
According to the biography of Sima Qian in the book of Han Dynasty, "Madame is greedy for life and evil for death. She reads about her relatives and takes care of her wife. If she doesn't, she has to."
Examples
Jiao Hong of the Ming Dynasty wrote in Yu Tang Cong Yu Xing Yi: "I am greedy for life and evil for death, and I will not give in to injustice."
Chinese PinYin : tān shēng è sǐ
cowardly
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ever remembered in the annals of history
ever remembered in the annals of history. yǒng chuí qīng shǐ
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the people are noble and the country prosperous. mín yīn guó fù
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