to be buried in a horse hide (idiom); to give one's life on the battlefield
trad. 馬革裹屍
Also written 馬革裹屍【mǎ gé guǒ shī】
Characters in this word
4马
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surname Ma, abbr. for Malaysia 馬來西亞|马来西亚[Ma3 lai2 xi1 ya4]
- Pinyin
- Mǎ
- Traditional
- 馬
- Strokes
- 3
- Frequency
- 1030 of 2500
革
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animal hide, leather, to reform, to remove, to expel (from office)
- Pinyin
- gé
- Strokes
- 9
裹
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to wrap around, bundle; parcel; package, to press into service; to pressgang; to make off with (sth)
- Pinyin
- guǒ
- Strokes
- 14
- Frequency
- 9904 of 2500
尸
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(literary) person representing the deceased (during burial ceremonies), (literary) to put a corpse on display (after execution), variant of 屍|尸[shi1]
- Pinyin
- shī
- Strokes
- 3
- Frequency
- 11143 of 2500