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Death Before Dishonor
You can die or kill, but never dishonor or disgrace yourself
可殺不可辱 almost directly matches the idea of “Death Before Dishonor” while also being an ancient Chinese proverb.
The direct meaning is, “[you] can die/kill [but you] cannot [allow] dishonor/disgrace [upon yourself].” Chinese grammar, and especially ancient grammar, is a little different than English. Not nearly as many articles are needed, and a lot is implied.
There are many ways to express ideas similar to “Death Before Dishonor” in Chinese, and I would rate this one in the top two.
Death Before Dishonor
A soldier can die or kill, but never dishonor or disgrace himself
士可殺不可辱 almost directly matches the military idea of “Death Before Dishonor,” while also being an ancient Chinese proverb.
The direct meaning is, “[A] soldier/warrior can die/kill [but he/she] cannot [allow] dishonor/disgrace [upon himself/herself].” Chinese grammar, and especially ancient grammar, is a little different than English. Not nearly as many articles are needed, and a lot is implied.
There are a lot of ways to express ideas similar to “Death Before Dishonor” in Chinese, and I would rate this one in the top two.
This is the original form of this proverb with the character for “soldier/warrior” at the beginning. Most of the time, this character is dropped, becoming a five-character proverb (the soldier/warrior part is implied, even without the character being present in the proverb). We also offer a shorter version.
These search terms might be related to Disgrace:
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| Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
侮 see styles |
wǔ wu3 wu bu ぶ |
to insult; to ridicule; to disgrace (something) despised; (something) made light of |
傷 伤 see styles |
shāng shang1 shang shō きず |
to injure; injury; wound (1) wound; injury; cut; gash; bruise; scratch; scrape; scar; (2) chip; crack; scratch; nick; (3) flaw; defect; weakness; weak point; (4) stain (on one's reputation); disgrace; dishonor; dishonour; (5) (emotional) hurt; hurt feelings To injure, wound, hurt, harm, distress, A tr. of yakṣa. |
創 创 see styles |
chuàng chuang4 ch`uang chuang motomu もとむ |
to initiate; to create; to achieve (something for the first time) (1) wound; injury; cut; gash; bruise; scratch; scrape; scar; (2) chip; crack; scratch; nick; (3) flaw; defect; weakness; weak point; (4) stain (on one's reputation); disgrace; dishonor; dishonour; (5) (emotional) hurt; hurt feelings; (personal name) Motomu |
垢 see styles |
gòu gou4 kou ku く |
dirt; disgrace {Buddh} (See 煩悩・2) klesha (polluting thoughts such as greed, hatred and delusion, which result in suffering); (personal name) Yoshimi mala. Dust, impurity, dregs; moral impurity; mental impurity. Whatever misleads or deludes the mind; illusion; defilement; the six forms are vexation, malevolence, hatred, flattery, wild talk, pride; the seven are desire, false views, doubt, presumption, arrogance, inertia, and meanness. |
恥 耻 see styles |
chǐ chi3 ch`ih chih hatsuru はつる |
(bound form) shame; humiliation; disgrace shame; embarrassment; disgrace; (given name) Hatsuru to be ashamed |
玷 see styles |
diàn dian4 tien |
blemish; disgrace; flaw in jade |
瑕 see styles |
xiá xia2 hsia ka きず |
blemish; flaw in jade (1) wound; injury; cut; gash; bruise; scratch; scrape; scar; (2) chip; crack; scratch; nick; (3) flaw; defect; weakness; weak point; (4) stain (on one's reputation); disgrace; dishonor; dishonour; (5) (emotional) hurt; hurt feelings a flaw |
疵 see styles |
cī ci1 tz`u tzu kizu きず |
blemish; flaw; defect (1) wound; injury; cut; gash; bruise; scratch; scrape; scar; (2) chip; crack; scratch; nick; (3) flaw; defect; weakness; weak point; (4) stain (on one's reputation); disgrace; dishonor; dishonour; (5) (emotional) hurt; hurt feelings |
耻 see styles |
chǐ chi3 ch`ih chih chi はじ |
shame; embarrassment; disgrace 恥 Shame; ashamed. |
詬 诟 see styles |
gòu gou4 kou |
disgrace; to revile |
謑 see styles |
xì xi4 hsi |
shame; disgrace |
辱 see styles |
rǔ ru3 ju joku はじ |
disgrace; dishonor; to insult; to bring disgrace or humiliation to; to be indebted to; self-deprecating; Taiwan pr. [ru4] (out-dated or obsolete kana usage) shame; embarrassment; disgrace shame |
醜 丑 see styles |
chǒu chou3 ch`ou chou shuu / shu しゅう |
shameful; ugly; disgraceful (noun or adjectival noun) (1) ugliness; (2) shame; disgrace; (personal name) Muneyuki Ugly, shameful, shame, disgraceful. |
八風 八风 see styles |
bā fēng ba1 feng1 pa feng hachifuu / hachifu はちふう |
see 八風穴|八风穴[ba1 feng1 xue2] (1) {Buddh} eight winds; eight things that hinder enlightenment; prosperity, decline, disgrace, honor, praise, censure, suffering, and pleasure; (2) eight winds (e.g. in eight directions); (given name) Happuu The eight winds, or influences which fan the passions, i.e. gain, loss; defamation, eulogy; praise, ridicule; sorrow, joy. Also 八法. |
凌辱 see styles |
líng rǔ ling2 ru3 ling ju ryoujoku / ryojoku りょうじょく |
to insult; to humiliate; to bully (noun/participle) (1) insult; affront; disgrace; indignity; (2) sexual assault; rape |
刻印 see styles |
kè yìn ke4 yin4 k`o yin ko yin kokuin こくいん |
to engrave a seal; stamp mark; to print with carved type; to leave a deep impression (n,vs,vt,vi) (1) engraving a seal; engraved seal; inscribed seal; (noun, transitive verb) (2) engraving; inscribing; stamping (an impression); (3) (See 極印・2) brand (i.e. a mark of disgrace); stamp; reputation |
国恥 see styles |
kokuchi こくち |
(See 国辱・こくじょく) national humiliation; national disgrace |
国辱 see styles |
kokujoku こくじょく |
national disgrace |
大恥 大耻 see styles |
dà chǐ da4 chi3 ta ch`ih ta chih oohaji おおはじ |
great shame; great disgrace; harsh humiliation; deep embarrassment; unbearable loss of face greatly ashamed |
失体 see styles |
shittai しったい |
mismanagement; fault; error; failure; disgrace; discredit |
失態 失态 see styles |
shī tài shi1 tai4 shih t`ai shih tai shittai しったい |
to forget one's manners; to forget oneself; to lose self-control (in a situation) mismanagement; fault; error; failure; disgrace; discredit |
尤詬 尤诟 see styles |
yóu gòu you2 gou4 yu kou |
shame; disgrace |
屈辱 see styles |
qū rǔ qu1 ru3 ch`ü ju chü ju kutsujoku くつじょく |
to humiliate; humiliating disgrace; humiliation |
恥じ see styles |
haji はじ |
(irregular okurigana usage) shame; embarrassment; disgrace |
恥辱 耻辱 see styles |
chǐ rǔ chi3 ru3 ch`ih ju chih ju chijoku ちじょく |
disgrace; shame; humiliation disgrace; shame; insult |
極印 see styles |
gokuin ごくいん |
(1) hallmark; stamp; impress; (2) brand (i.e. a mark of disgrace); reputation |
榮辱 荣辱 see styles |
róng rǔ rong2 ru3 jung ju |
honor and disgrace; reputation |
汚し see styles |
yogoshi よごし |
(n-suf,n) (1) {food} soiling; polluting; being dirty; (n-suf,n) (2) shame; disgrace; dishonor; dishonour; (3) chopped fish, shellfish or vegetables, dressed with (miso or other) sauce |
汚す see styles |
yogosu よごす kegasu けがす |
(transitive verb) (1) to pollute; to contaminate; to soil; to make dirty; to stain; (2) to disgrace; to dishonour; to dishonor; to defile |
汚名 see styles |
omei / ome おめい |
bad name; bad reputation; disgrace; dishonour; dishonor; stigma; infamy |
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The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
| Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
| Death Before Dishonor | 可殺不可辱 可杀不可辱 | kě shā bù kě rǔ ke3 sha1 bu4 ke3 ru3 ke sha bu ke ru keshabukeru | k`o sha pu k`o ju koshapukoju ko sha pu ko ju |
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| Death Before Dishonor | 士可殺不可辱 士可杀不可辱 | shì kě shā bù kě rǔ shi4 ke3 sha1 bu4 ke3 ru3 shi ke sha bu ke ru shikeshabukeru | shih k`o sha pu k`o ju shihkoshapukoju shih ko sha pu ko ju |
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| In some entries above you will see that characters have different versions above and below a line. In these cases, the characters above the line are Traditional Chinese, while the ones below are Simplified Chinese. | ||||
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