宁死不辱
nìng​sǐ​bù​rǔ

prefer death to disgrace

  • created sense approved 宁死不辱/寧死不辱 · nìng​sǐ​bù​rǔ · prefer death to disgrace — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    宁死不辱 / 寧死不辱

    nìng​sǐ​bù​rǔ

    prefer death to disgrace

    would rather die than suffer humiliation; to value one's honor more than one's life

    níng​sǐ​bù​rù

    宁 (literal) → 宁/寧 · nìng · would rather 死 (literal) → 死 · sǐ · to die 不 (literal) → 不 · bù · not 辱 (literal) → 辱 · rǔ · disgrace

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

    created sense