宁死不屈

寧死不屈
nìngsǐ-bùqū
idiom #44,219

Meanings

  1. 1 prefer death to submission
  2. 2 would rather die than surrender
  3. 3 unyielding to the end

Examples

Zhèwèi yīngxióng nìngsǐbùqū, zuìhòu yīngyǒng xīshēng.
This hero would rather die than yield and finally died valiantly.
Bèifú hòu, tā nìngsǐbùqū, jùjué shuō chūrèn hé qíngbào.
After capture he refused to yield and would give up no intelligence.

Tips

history
From 《进士》 by Ming writer Zhao Bi, describing Southern Song patriot Yuan Yong, who resisted the Mongols and burned himself alive rather than submit: 大义宁死不屈.

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