dedicate oneself to one 's country 's cause(yǐ shēng xǔ guó)

dedicate oneself to one 's country 's cause

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is y ǐ sh ē nx ǔ Gu ó, which means to dedicate one's body to one's country. It means to serve one's country wholeheartedly in the face of disaster. It comes from the biography of Yang Kan in the southern history.

Analysis of Idioms

[synonym] sacrifice one's life for righteousness, die for one's life, and die for one's life

The origin of Idioms

"The legend of Yangkan in the southern history of China:" if you have been dead for a long time, is it still evil? I promise my country with my life, and I will fight to the death. I will not advance or retreat with my life. "

Idiom usage

It's formal; it's predicate and attribute; it's commendatory. In the book of the Song Dynasty, the first chapter of Emperor Wu's annals: "the gate of Hengshi temple, therefore, has its origin, and it is the ambition to make the country prosperous." In Lin Zexu's letter to his wife, Mrs. Zheng, in Qing Dynasty, it is said that "to build a country with one's own body, we should only seek the welfare of the people and eliminate harm from the people." In the cause of the liberation of the motherland, the people's soldiers do not hesitate to sacrifice their lives. This is a great spirit of the people. According to the book of Jin, Volume 58, biography of Zhou Chu, "as soon as he realized his treachery, Zha and his ministers committed themselves to the country, and when he died, Zha also sought out the Xiaoyi. 」

Chinese PinYin : yǐ shēng xǔ guó