guó​shāng

national martyr

  • created sense approved 国殇/國殤 · guó​shāng · national martyr — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    国殇 / 國殤

    guó​shāng

    national martyr

    (literary) a person who dies for their country or a martyr to the national cause; specifically someone who dies in a war to defend the nation

    国 (literal) → 国/國 · guó · national 殇 (literal) → 殇/殤 · shāng · war dead

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    created sense

  • created sense approved 国殇/國殤 · guó​shāng · Guoshang — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    国殇 / 國殤

    guó​shāng

    Guoshang

    The title of a poem by Qu Yuan from the ancient state of Chu, written as a sacrificial hymn for soldiers who died in battle for the state

    国 (literal) → 国/國 · guó · national 殇 (literal) → 殇/殤 · shāng · war dead

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

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