Death is still light

Death is still light

The Chinese idiom, w à ns à y ó UQ à ng in pinyin, means to be executed ten thousand times, but the punishment is too light. It comes from Xie Shangbiao, the governor of Chaozhou.

The origin of Idioms

Han Yu, Tang Dynasty, wrote in the book "Xie Shangbiao, the governor of Chaozhou", that "I was arrogant and stupid, and I didn't know how to be polite. I said that I was disrespectful, and I was convicted by correcting my name. It's still light to die."

Idiom usage

It's a matter of death. In Chapter 42 of the romance of the Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong of Ming Dynasty, Yun gasped and said, "the sin of Zhao Yun is still light." In the sixty ninth chapter of Water Margin by Shi Naian of Ming Dynasty, the young general of Dongping mansion mistakenly trapped in Jiuwen dragon and song Gongming's righteous interpretation of Shuangqiang general is still alive. If you can be forgiven and settle down, I'm really lucky!