或重于泰山

或重於泰山
huòzhòngyúTàiShān
phrase

Meanings

  1. 1 or weightier than Mount Tai
  2. 2 or as heavy as Mount Tai
  3. 3 Sima Qian's line measuring the worth of a death

Examples

Rén gù yǒu yī sǐ, huò zhòng yú Tài Shān, huò qīng yú hóngmáo.
Every man must die — some deaths are weightier than Mount Tai, some lighter than a goose feather.
Xiāofángyuán xīshēng zài huǒchǎng, shì huò zhòng yú Tài Shān de sǐ.
The firefighter who died in the blaze — his death weighed heavier than Mount Tai.

Stroke Order

huò
zhòng
tài
shān