die for the sake of the country

die for the sake of the country

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is sh ā sh ē Nb à Ogu ó, which means to repay the country at the expense of life; also known as "killing the body to save the country". From "Zhongshu Ling Fen Yin Gong Xue Zhen Xing Zheng".

The origin of Idioms

Yang Jiong of the Tang Dynasty wrote in his Zhongshu Lingfen Yingong Xuezhen Xingju: "I'm so lucky that the emperor appointed me to serve my country with my thigh and swore that I would kill myself to Yao and shun."

Idiom usage

Used as a predicate or attributive. Example yuan Zeng Rui's "sentinel times, sheep complain of injustice" divertimento: "if you give up your life at home, you will die to be benevolent and serve your country."