preserve one 's own life at all costs

preserve one 's own life at all costs

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is g ǒ uqu á nx ì NGM ì ng, which means to save one's life. It's from chushibiao.

Notes on Idioms

Gou: for the time being.

The origin of Idioms

Chu Shi Biao, written by Zhuge Liang in Shu of the Three Kingdoms, says, "to live in troubled times, not to be known to the princes."

Idiom usage

It means to save one's life. He built a Great Britain and won the world without injustice. He lived his whole life and thought about the time when he was in pain. (notes on Xie Hu's participation in politics by Chen Liang of Song Dynasty)

Analysis of Idioms

Living in a muddle