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饿死事小失节事大
饿死事小失节事大
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饿死事小失节事大 Pronunciation and Pinyin

饿死事小失节事大 Usage and Examples

Better to starve than to lose one's integrity.

Loss of integrity is worse than death by starvation.

Dying of hunger is a small matter, but losing one's moral integrity is a serious one.

The characters in 饿死事小失节事大

Stroke Order
CharacterPinyinStrokesMeaning
饿
è10to be hungry or starve
死
sǐ6to die
事
shì8matter, event, or undertaking
小
xiǎo3small, little, young, minor
失
shī5lose, miss, or fail
节
jié6joint, festival, section, save
事
shì8matter, event, or undertaking
大
dà3large, big, great

More words starting with 饿

  • è饿le了hungry, famished
  • è饿huài坏le了Starving, Famished
  • è饿de得starving, famished
  • è饿de得fā发dǒu抖Shaking from hunger, Trembling with hunger
  • è饿dé得huāng慌Very hungry, Starving
  • è饿piǎo殍starved corpse, famine victim
  • è饿láng狼Hungry wolf
  • è饿zhe着le了I'm hungry, Feeling hungry
  • è饿hǔ虎pū扑shí食bān般like a hungry tiger pouncing, fiercely
  • è饿hǔ虎qín擒yáng羊bān般Like a tiger seizing its prey., With predatory swiftness.
  • è饿hú虎zǎn攒yáng羊bān般Like a hungry tiger pouncing on a sheep, With predatory eagerness
  • è饿hǔ虎jī饥yīng鹰bān般de的rapacious, ravenous

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What does 饿死事小失节事大 mean in Chinese?

饿死事小失节事大 (è sǐ shì xiǎo shī jié shì dà) means “Better to starve than to lose one's integrity, Loss of integrity is worse than death by starvation, Dying of hunger is a small matter, but losing one's moral integrity is a serious one”.

How do you pronounce 饿死事小失节事大?

饿死事小失节事大 is pronounced è sǐ shì xiǎo shī jié shì dà in Mandarin Chinese.

How do you say “Better to starve than to lose one's integrity.” in Chinese?

“Better to starve than to lose one's integrity.” is 饿死事小失节事大 (è sǐ shì xiǎo shī jié shì dà) in Chinese.

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