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No Surrender
Honor Does Not Allow Second Thoughts
義無反顧 is a Chinese proverb that can be translated in a few different ways. Here are some examples:
Honor does not allow one to glance back.
Duty-bound not to turn back.
No surrender.
To pursue justice with no second thoughts.
Never surrender your principles.
This proverb is about the courage to do what is right without questioning your decision to take the right and just course.
Death Before Surrender
Rather die than compromise
寧死不屈 is often translated as “Death Before Dishonor.”
The literal translation is more like, “Better die than compromise.” The last two characters mean “not to bend” or “not to bow down.” Some might even say that it means “not to surrender.” Thus, you could say this proverb means “Better to die than live on my knees” or simply “no surrender” (with the real idea being that you would rather die than surrender).
Death Before Surrender
寧死不降 is an ancient Chinese proverb that can be translated as “Rather die than surrender,” “Prefer death over surrender,” “To prefer death to surrender,” or simply “No surrender.”
This is probably the closest proverb to the English proverb “Better to die on your feet than to live on your knees.”
Honorable Death - No Surrender
This ancient Japanese proverb can be translated as “The principle of honorable death and no surrender,” or simply “No surrender.”
If you directly translate this, you get something that means “Doctrine of suicide,” or “Ideology of honorable death.”
玉砕主義 is a specifically-Japanese proverb that embraces the long history of honorable suicide or self-sacrifice for honor in Japanese culture.
Never Give In / Never Succumb / Never Lose
決して諦めるな is a Japanese term that informally means “never give up.”
It's also a Japanese way to say “never surrender.”
Note: Because this selection contains some special Japanese Hiragana characters, it should be written by a Japanese calligrapher.
See Also: Tenacity | Perseverance | Hope
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| Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
信心 see styles |
xìn xīn xin4 xin1 hsin hsin shinjin しんじん |
More info & calligraphy: Confidence / Faithful Heart(noun, transitive verb) faith; belief; piety; devotion; godliness A believing mind, which receives without doubting.; Great or firm faith in, or surrender to Buddha, especially to Amitabha. |
玉砕主義 see styles |
gyokusaishugi ぎょくさいしゅぎ |
More info & calligraphy: Honorable Death - No Surrender |
義無反顧 义无反顾 see styles |
yì wú fǎn gù yi4 wu2 fan3 gu4 i wu fan ku |
More info & calligraphy: No Surrender |
投 see styles |
tóu tou2 t`ou tou tou / to とう |
to throw (something in a specific direction: ball, javelin, grenade etc); to cast (a ballot); to cast (a glance, a shadow etc); to put in (money for investment, a coin to operate a slot machine); to send (a letter, a manuscript etc); to throw oneself into (a river, a well etc to commit suicide); to go to; to seek refuge; to place oneself into the hands of; (coll.) to rinse (clothes) in water (1) {baseb} pitching ability; (counter) (2) {sports} counter for throws (of a javelin, bowling ball, etc.); (counter) (3) {fish} counter for casts (of a line) To cast, throw into, surrender, tender. |
歸 归 see styles |
guī gui1 kuei ki |
to return; to go back to; to give back to; (of a responsibility) to be taken care of by; to belong to; to gather together; (used between two identical verbs) despite; to marry (of a woman) (old); division on the abacus with a one-digit divisor Return to, give oneself up to; commit oneself to, surrender; cf. 三歸 śaraṇa-gamana. |
降 see styles |
xiáng xiang2 hsiang gō |
to surrender; to capitulate; to subdue; to tame Descend, send down; degrade; subdue; submit. |
三歸 三归 see styles |
sān guī san1 gui1 san kuei sanki |
Triśaraṇa, or Śaraṇa-gamana. The three surrenders to, or "formulas of refuge" in, the Three Precious Ones 三賓, i.e. to the Buddha 佛, the Dharma 法, the Saṅgha 僧. The three formulas are 歸依佛 Buddham śaraṇaṃ gacchāmi, 歸依法 Dharmaṃ saraṇaṃ gacchāmi, 歸依僧 Saṅghaṃ śaraṇaṃ gacchāmi. It is "the most primitive formula fidei of the early Buddhists". The surrender is to the Buddha as teacher 師, the Law as medicine 藥, the Ecclesia as friends 友. These are known as the 三歸依. |
下る see styles |
sagaru さがる |
(irregular okurigana usage) (v5r,vi) (1) to come down; to go down; to fall; to drop; to sink; to get lower; (2) to hang; to dangle; (3) to move back; to step back; to withdraw; to retire; (4) to deteriorate; to fall off; to be downgraded; (5) to get closer to the present day; (6) to go south; (v5r,vi) (1) to descend; to go down; to come down; (2) to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); (3) to pass (of time); (4) to surrender; to capitulate; (5) (often in neg. form) to be less than; to be inferior to; (6) to have the runs; to have diarrhea; (place-name) Sagaru |
出頭 出头 see styles |
chū tóu chu1 tou2 ch`u t`ou chu tou shuttou / shutto しゅっとう |
to get out of a predicament; to stick out; to take the initiative; remaining odd fraction after a division; a little more than (n,vs,vi) (1) appearance; presence; attendance; (n,vs,vi) (2) surrender (e.g. to the police); turning oneself in; (surname) Dedou to appear |
勧降 see styles |
kankou / kanko かんこう |
call to surrender |
受降 see styles |
shòu xiáng shou4 xiang2 shou hsiang |
to accept surrender |
堕つ see styles |
otsu おつ |
(v2t-k,vi) (1) (archaism) to fall down; to drop; to fall (e.g. rain); to sink (e.g. sun or moon); to fall onto (e.g. light or one's gaze); (2) (archaism) to be omitted; to be missing; (3) (archaism) to crash; to degenerate; to degrade; to fall behind; (4) (archaism) to be removed (e.g. illness, possessing spirit, name on a list); (5) (archaism) to fall (into someone's hands); to become someone's possession; (6) (archaism) to fall; to be defeated; to surrender |
墜つ see styles |
otsu おつ |
(v2t-k,vi) (1) (archaism) to fall down; to drop; to fall (e.g. rain); to sink (e.g. sun or moon); to fall onto (e.g. light or one's gaze); (2) (archaism) to be omitted; to be missing; (3) (archaism) to crash; to degenerate; to degrade; to fall behind; (4) (archaism) to be removed (e.g. illness, possessing spirit, name on a list); (5) (archaism) to fall (into someone's hands); to become someone's possession; (6) (archaism) to fall; to be defeated; to surrender |
失陥 see styles |
shikkan しっかん |
(n,vs,vi) surrender; fall |
屈伏 see styles |
qū fú qu1 fu2 ch`ü fu chü fu kutsufuku くっぷく |
(noun/participle) yielding; submission; surrender; giving way; succumbing to submit |
屈撓 屈挠 see styles |
qū náo qu1 nao2 ch`ü nao chü nao kuttou / kutto くっとう |
to surrender; to yield; to flex (rare) bending |
屈服 see styles |
qū fú qu1 fu2 ch`ü fu chü fu kuppuku くっぷく |
to surrender; to succumb; to yield; (as a transitive verb) to defeat; to prevail over (noun/participle) yielding; submission; surrender; giving way; succumbing |
帰伏 see styles |
kifuku きふく |
(noun/participle) submission; surrender |
帰服 see styles |
kifuku きふく |
(noun/participle) submission; surrender |
投案 see styles |
tóu àn tou2 an4 t`ou an tou an |
to surrender to the authorities; to turn oneself in (for a crime) |
投機 投机 see styles |
tóu jī tou2 ji1 t`ou chi tou chi touki / toki とうき |
congenial; agreeable; to speculate; to profiteer speculation; venture; stockjobbing; gambling (on stocks) To avail oneself of an opportunity; to surrender oneself to the principles of the Buddha in the search for perfect enlightenment. |
投誠 投诚 see styles |
tóu chéng tou2 cheng2 t`ou ch`eng tou cheng |
to defect; to surrender; to capitulate |
投身 see styles |
tóu shēn tou2 shen1 t`ou shen tou shen toushin / toshin とうしん |
to throw oneself into something (n,vs,vi) (See 投身自殺) throwing oneself to one's death; precipitating oneself to one's death; leaping to one's death To cast away, or surrender, one's body, or oneself. |
投降 see styles |
tóu xiáng tou2 xiang2 t`ou hsiang tou hsiang toukou / toko とうこう |
to surrender (n,vs,vi) surrender |
招撫 招抚 see styles |
zhāo fǔ zhao1 fu3 chao fu |
to enlist enemy or rebel soldiers by offering amnesty; to bring to negotiated surrender |
招降 see styles |
zhāo xiáng zhao1 xiang2 chao hsiang |
to ask for sb's surrender |
棄守 弃守 see styles |
qì shǒu qi4 shou3 ch`i shou chi shou |
to give up defending; to yield; to surrender |
歸順 归顺 see styles |
guī shùn gui1 shun4 kuei shun |
to surrender and pay allegiance to |
滑跪 see styles |
huá guì hua2 gui4 hua kuei |
(of a soccer player) to knee slide after scoring a goal; (slang) to drop to one's knees in contrition or surrender (usu. figurative) |
玉摧 see styles |
gyokusai ぎょくさい |
(n,vs,adj-no) honourable defeat; honorable defeat; honourable death; honorable death; death without surrender |
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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 | |
| No Surrender | 義無反顧 义无反顾 | yì wú fǎn gù yi4 wu2 fan3 gu4 yi wu fan gu yiwufangu | i wu fan ku iwufanku |
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| Death Before Surrender | 寧死不屈 宁死不屈 | níng sǐ bù qū ning2 si3 bu4 qu1 ning si bu qu ningsibuqu | ning ssu pu ch`ü ningssupuchü ning ssu pu chü |
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| Death Before Surrender | 寧死不降 宁死不降 | nìng sǐ bù xiáng ning4 si3 bu4 xiang2 ning si bu xiang ningsibuxiang | ning ssu pu hsiang ningssupuhsiang |
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| Honorable Death - No Surrender | 玉砕主義 | gyokusai shugi gyokusaishugi | ||
| Never Give In Never Succumb Never Lose | 決して諦めるな | kesshite akirameruna kesshiteakirameruna keshite akirameruna | ||
| 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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