烈士
Chinese
ardent; intense; split ardent; intense; split; crack; rend |
scholar; warrior; knight | ||
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trad. (烈士) | 烈 | 士 | |
simp. #(烈士) | 烈 | 士 |
Pronunciation
Noun
烈士
- martyr
- person with great ambition, spirits, or passion
- 貪夫徇財,烈士徇名。夸者死權,品庶每生。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: c. 174 BCE, Jia Yi (賈誼), The Owl (《鵩鳥賦》). Translated by Burton Watson.
- Tānfū xùncái, lièshì xùnmíng. Kuāzhě sǐquán, pǐnshù měishēng. [Pinyin]
- The covetous run after riches,
The impassioned pursue a fair name;
The proud die struggling for power,
While the people long only to live.
贪夫徇财,烈士徇名。夸者死权,品庶每生。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]- 老驥伏櫪,志在千里;烈士暮年,壯心不已。 [MSC, trad.]
- From: c. 207, Cao Cao (曹操), Though the Tortoise Lives Long (《步出夏門行·龜雖壽》)
- Lǎojì fúlì, zhìzài qiānlǐ; lièshì mùnián, zhuàngxīn bùyǐ. [Pinyin]
- An old war-horse may be stabled,
Yet still it longs to gallop a thousand li;
And a noble-hearted man though advanced in years
Never abandons his proud aspirations.
老骥伏枥,志在千里;烈士暮年,壮心不已。 [MSC, simp.]
Descendants
Japanese
Kanji in this term | |
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烈 | 士 |
れつ > れっ Grade: S |
し Grade: 5 |
on’yomi |
References
- Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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