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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.
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| Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
兵 see styles |
bīng bing1 ping hei / he へい |
More info & calligraphy: Soldiers(1) (common) soldier; rank and file; (2) army; troops; (3) warfare; strategy; (personal name) Minetoshi |
士兵 see styles |
shì bīng shi4 bing1 shih ping |
More info & calligraphy: Soldier / Private |
戦士 see styles |
senshi せんし |
More info & calligraphy: Warrior / Fighter |
戰士 战士 see styles |
zhàn shì zhan4 shi4 chan shih |
More info & calligraphy: Fighter |
武士 see styles |
wǔ shì wu3 shi4 wu shih mononofu もののふ |
More info & calligraphy: Warrior(poetic term) warrior; soldier; samurai; (place-name) Mononofu |
神兵 see styles |
shinpei / shinpe しんぺい |
More info & calligraphy: Soldier of the Gods |
軍人 军人 see styles |
jun rén jun1 ren2 chün jen gunjin ぐんじん |
More info & calligraphy: Soldier / Servicemanmilitary personnel; soldier |
風雲児 see styles |
fuuunji / fuunji ふううんじ |
More info & calligraphy: Soldier of Fortune |
美國軍人 美国军人 see styles |
měi guó jun rén mei3 guo2 jun1 ren2 mei kuo chün jen |
More info & calligraphy: American Soldier / American Serviceman |
卆 see styles |
zú zu2 tsu |
variant of 卒[zu2], soldier; to die |
卒 see styles |
zú zu2 tsu sotsu そつ |
soldier; servant; to finish; to die; finally; at last; pawn in Chinese chess (1) (hist) low-ranking soldier; (n-suf,n) (2) (abbreviation) (See 卒業・1) graduation; (n-suf,n-pref) (3) (abbreviation) (See 卒業・2) moving on (from); outgrowing (something); (4) (abbreviation) (hist) (See 卒族) low-ranking samurai (1870-1872); (5) (abbreviation) (See 卒去) death (of a noble, etc.); (given name) Sosu suddenly |
士 see styles |
shì shi4 shih shi し |
member of the senior ministerial class (old); scholar (old); bachelor; honorific; soldier; noncommissioned officer; specialist worker (1) man (esp. one who is well-respected); (2) (See 侍・1) samurai; (suffix noun) (3) person (in a certain profession, esp. licensed); member; (personal name) Mamoru A gentleman, scholar, officer. |
鋭 锐 see styles |
ruì rui4 jui ei / e えい |
Japanese variant of 銳|锐 (noun or adjectival noun) (1) (ant: 鈍・どん) sharpness; (2) sharp weapon; blade; (3) fine soldier; (given name) Toshi sharp |
餉 饷 see styles |
xiǎng xiang3 hsiang shō |
soldier's pay Rations, food; revenue. |
ＧＩ see styles |
jii ai; jiiai(sk) / ji ai; jiai(sk) ジー・アイ; ジーアイ(sk) |
(colloquialism) GI (soldier in the US Army); G.I. |
一兵 see styles |
ippei / ippe いっぺい |
one soldier; (personal name) Kazuhei |
丘八 see styles |
qiū bā qiu1 ba1 ch`iu pa chiu pa |
soldier (from the two components of the 兵 character) (derog.) |
亡卒 see styles |
bousotsu / bosotsu ぼうそつ |
(1) (archaism) dead soldier; (2) (archaism) deserter; (noun/participle) (3) (archaism) dying |
健兵 see styles |
kenpei / kenpe けんぺい |
(obsolete) healthy soldier |
傭兵 佣兵 see styles |
yōng bīng yong1 bing1 yung ping youhei / yohe ようへい |
mercenary; hired gun mercenary (soldier) |
傷兵 see styles |
shouhei / shohe しょうへい |
wounded soldier |
僧兵 see styles |
sēng bīng seng1 bing1 seng ping souhei / sohe そうへい |
priest soldier; warrior monk armed monks |
共匪 see styles |
gòng fěi gong4 fei3 kung fei |
communist bandit (i.e. PLA soldier (during the civil war) or Chinese communist (Tw)) |
兵仗 see styles |
hyoujou; heijou / hyojo; hejo ひょうじょう; へいじょう |
arms; armed soldier |
兵卒 see styles |
bīng zú bing1 zu2 ping tsu heisotsu / hesotsu へいそつ |
soldiers; troops private (soldier); (common) soldier; ranks; rank and file |
兵士 see styles |
bīng shì bing1 shi4 ping shih heishi / heshi へいし |
ordinary soldier soldier |
兵家 see styles |
bīng jiā bing1 jia1 ping chia heika / heka へいか |
military strategist in ancient China; military commander; soldier soldier; tactician; strategist; (place-name) Hyōge |
兵曹 see styles |
heisou / heso へいそう |
warrant soldier |
兵甲 see styles |
heikou / heko へいこう |
(1) (archaism) weapons and armour; (2) (archaism) soldier; (3) (archaism) battle; war |
兵痞 see styles |
bīng pǐ bing1 pi3 ping p`i ping pi |
army riffraff; army ruffian; soldier of fortune |
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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 | 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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