威尊命贱
Traditional form:
威尊命賤
Pinyin (reading):
wēizūnmìngjiàn
Definitions:
- (idiom) the dignity of authority is above life; one must be willing to sacrifice one's life rather than disobey a military order
Characters:
- 威 - might, power, prestige; to dominate
- 尊 - to honor, to respect, to venerate
- 命 - life; destiny, fate, luck; an order, instruction
- 贱 - cheap, low, mean, worthless
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