马革裹尸
mǎ​gé​guǒ​shī

to die in battle

  • created sense approved 马革裹尸/馬革裹屍 · mǎ​gé​guǒ​shī · to die in battle — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    马革裹尸 / 馬革裹屍

    mǎ​gé​guǒ​shī

    to die in battle

    to be buried in a horse hide; refers to a soldier's dedication to give one's life on the battlefield rather than dying in bed

    马 (literal) → 马/馬 · mǎ · horse 革 (literal) → 革 · gé · leather 裹尸 (literal) → 裹尸/裹屍 · guǒ​shī · to wrap a corpse

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

    created sense