die for the sake of the country

die for the sake of the country

Serving the country by one's life is a Chinese idiom. Pinyin is y ǐ sh ē Nb à Ogu ó, which means to give one's body to the country. It means that one would rather give one's life for the safety of the country. It comes from the biography of Xin Xiong in the book of Wei.

The origin of Idioms

In the biography of Xin Xiong in the book of Wei, it is said that "Qing and other officials should serve the country with their own lives."

Idiom usage

To die for one's country. Unfortunately, I failed in my plan, but I fell into the enemy's plan. We had to serve our country with our own lives. The fourth chapter of the history of pain by Wu Jianren in Qing Dynasty