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meet one's fate calmly · go to one's death unflinchingly · meet one's death like a hero

从容就义
cóng róng jiù yì
Idiom
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Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
to give up life for righteousness (idiom, from Mencius) · to choose honor over life; would rather sacrifice one's life than one's principles舍生取义shě shēng qǔ yì
Antonyms
greedy for life, afraid of death (idiom); craven and cowardly · clinging abjectly to life · only interested in saving one's neck贪生怕死tān shēng pà sǐ