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捐躯赴国难

捐軀赴國難
juānqūfùguónàn
phrase

Meanings

  1. 1 to give up one's body and rush to the nation's peril
  2. 2 to sacrifice one's life for the country in its hour of danger
  3. 3 (lit.) donate body, hasten to the nation's calamity

Examples

革命先烈捐躯赴国难，精神永存。
Gémìng xiānliè juānqū fù guónàn, jīngshén yǒngcún.
The revolutionary martyrs 'gave up their lives for the country in its hour of peril'; their spirit lives on.
抗战时期，无数青年捐躯赴国难。
Kàngzhàn shíqī, wúshù qīngnián juānqū fù guónàn.
During the War of Resistance, countless young people gave their lives for the nation in its danger.

Tips

history
From 曹植《白马篇》 (Cao Zhi, Three Kingdoms-era Wei): 捐躯赴国难，视死忽如归 (Sacrifice your body and rush to the nation's peril; face death as lightly as a return home). The poem honors young cavalrymen from Youzhou; the final couplet became the single most-quoted classical line for patriotic sacrifice, inscribed on war memorials across China.
usage
难 here reads nàn (4th tone, 'calamity'), not nán ('difficult'). Nearly always quoted with the follow-up 视死忽如归. 捐躯 = 'to give up one's body, sacrifice one's life.'

Stroke Order

捐 juān
躯 qū
赴 fù
国 guó
难 nán