视死如归

視死如歸

shìsǐ-rúguī

idiom #36,699

Meanings

1 to look upon death as a return home
2 to face death without fear

Characters

to regard; to view

Examples

HSK 5

消防员视死如归地冲进了火场。

Xiāofáng yuán shìsǐ-rúguī de chōng jìn le huǒchǎng.

The firefighter charged into the blaze without fear of death.

HSK 7-9

烈士们视死如归，令人敬佩。

Lièshì men shìsǐ-rúguī, lìngrén jìngpèi.

The martyrs faced death without fear, commanding deep respect.

HSK 7-9

面对敌人的威胁，他视死如归，毫不退缩。

Miànduì dírén de wēixié, tā shìsǐ-rúguī, háobù tuìsuō.

Faced with the enemy's threats, he treated death like going home, not flinching an inch.

Tips

history

Attested in 《韩非子·外储说左下》 and 《吕氏春秋·勿躬》: '三军之士，视死如归' - 'the soldiers of the three armies looked on death as a homecoming.' The 'homecoming' framing is what makes the idiom so powerful: death is merely a return, not a loss.

Stroke Order

视 shì

死 sǐ

如 rú

归 guī