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Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death in Chinese / Japanese...

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Live Free or Die

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 bú zì yóu wú nìng sǐ

不自由毋寧死 means “Give me liberty or give me death” in Chinese.

This is also the best way to say, “Live free or die.”

The characters break down this way:
不 = Not; none; without.
自由 = Freedom; liberty; freewill; self-determination.
毋寧 = Rather; would rather; rather be.
死 = Dead; death.

This will go nicely next to your “Don't tread on me” flag. This phrase is known well enough in China that it's listed in a few dictionaries. Though I doubt you will find too many Chinese citizens willing to yell this on the steps of the capital in Beijing.

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See Also:  Death Before Dishonor

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Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese	Pronunciation Romanization	Simple Dictionary Definition
自由か死か see styles	jiyuukashika / jiyukashika     じゆうかしか	自由か死か Custom Scroll (expression) give me liberty, or give me death
不自由，毋寧死 不自由，毋宁死	bù zì yóu , wú nìng sǐ     bu4 zi4 you2 , wu2 ning4 si3 pu tzu yu , wu ning ssu	不自由，毋寧死 Custom Scroll give me liberty or give me death

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Title	Characters	Romaji (Romanized Japanese)	Various forms of Romanized Chinese
Live Free or Die	不自由毋寧死 不自由毋宁死		bú zì yóu wú nìng sǐ bu2 zi4 you2 wu2 ning4 si3 bu zi you wu ning si buziyouwuningsi	pu tzu yu wu ning ssu putzuyuwuningssu
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