介之推
Traditional form:
介之推
Pinyin (reading):
Jiè Zhītuī
Definitions:
- Jie Zhitui (7th century BC), legendary selfless subject of Duke Wen of Jin 晉文公／晋文公 ( Jìn Wéngōng), in whose honor the Qingming festival 清明 ( Qīngmíng) (Pure brightness or tomb-sweeping festival) is said to have been initiated
Characters:
- 介 - agent, go-between, intermediary; to introduce; shell, armor
- 之 - marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; to go to
- 推 - to push; to expel; to drive; to decline
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