keep loyal and devoted to the last
It is a Chinese idiom to devote oneself to one's death.
Pinyin: J ū g ō NGJ ì NCU ì, s ǐ é RH ò uy ǐ
It means to be diligent and devoted to death. It is often used to describe the greatness of people.
It's from Zhuge Liang's later teacher model.
Citation explanation
Bow: bend; tired: tired. Exhausted: exhausted. Zhigong gives all his energy. In Zhuge Liang's "model of later coming out of school" in the Three Kingdoms, Shu states: "I will do my best and die later." Chapter 112 of the romance of the Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong in the Ming Dynasty: today's minister reconstructs the whole division, and then goes out of Qishan, vows to do his best to wipe out the Han bandits, restore the Central Plains, and devote himself to death! Huang Zongxi's inscription on the Shinto of fenggong, the censor of youjindu in Tianjin: his elder brother, the emperor he, knew the emperor and devoted himself to his life. He did not dare to say that he was ill after his death. During the Three Kingdoms period, after the death of Liu Bei, the leader of Shu, Liu Chan succeeded to the throne and handed over the military and political power to Zhuge Liang. On the eve of the last Northern Expedition, Zhuge Liang wrote to Liu Chan a model for later generations, saying that he had devoted himself to his country.
Discrimination of words
As predicate, attributive and object, it means to be respectful and cautious.
Profile
Zhuge Liang (181-234, October 8), with the name of Kongming and the name of Wolong (also known as Fulong), was born in Yangdu, Langya, Xuzhou (now Yinan County, Linyi City, Shandong Province). He was the Prime Minister of Shuhan during the Three Kingdoms period, an outstanding politician, militarist, essayist, calligrapher and inventor. When he was alive, he was granted the title of Marquis of Wuxiang. After his death, he was posthumously loyal to Marquis Wu. Because of his military ability, the Eastern Jin regime made him king of Wuxing. The representative works of his prose are chushibiao and jiezishu. He invented Mu Niu Liu Ma, Kong Ming Deng and so on, and reformed the crossbow, which is called Zhuge crossbow. In 234, he died in wuzhangyuan (now in Qishan of Baoji). Liu Chan's posthumous title was Zhu Geliang, who was loyal to Marquis Wu. Zhuge Liang is a representative of loyal officials and wise people in traditional Chinese culture.
keep loyal and devoted to the last
a remarkable talent of many ages - kuàng shì qí cái
point to a hill and talk about grindstone -- make concealed reference to something - zhǐ shān mài mò
set out on the long trek to a far distance - qiān lǐ tiáo tiáo
draw water from a deep well with a short rope - duǎn gěng jí shēn
unable to distinguish one kind of grain from another - wǔ gǔ bù fēn
rich content within a small compass - chǐ fú qiān lǐ