Read Edit View history 士可杀不可辱 shìkěshābùkěrǔ death before dishonor Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 士可杀不可辱 士可殺不可辱 shìkěshābùkěrǔ death before dishonor a scholar-official or person of high principles would rather die than be humiliated; describes having the integrity to sacrifice one's life rather than submit to disgrace Frequency Written text 0.081 per million Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
士可杀不可辱 士可殺不可辱 shìkěshābùkěrǔ death before dishonor a scholar-official or person of high principles would rather die than be humiliated; describes having the integrity to sacrifice one's life rather than submit to disgrace Frequency Written text 0.081 per million Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)