Take life for death

Take life for death

Catch life for death, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Zhu ō sh ē NGT ì s ǐ, which means morning and dusk turn upside down. Often used in unrestricted enjoyment. From saving the dutiful son.

The origin of Idioms

The third part of Wang Zhongwen's "saving the filial son" in Yuan Dynasty: "every time an official wrongly asks for a royal salary, he just catches the life to replace the death and makes the innocent suffer."

Idiom usage

It is used as predicate, object and attributive; it is used as an example to take the constitution as a career and report to Yama. Li Yu, Qing Dynasty