| 马革裹尸 |
mǎ gé guǒ shī |
to be buried in a horse hide (idiom) / to give one's life on the battlefield |
| 马 |
Mǎ |
surname Ma / abbr. for Malaysia 马来西亚 |
| 马 |
mǎ |
horse / CL:匹 / horse or cavalry piece in Chinese chess / knight in Western chess |
| 革 |
gé |
animal hide / leather / to reform / to remove / to expel (from office) |
| 裹 |
guǒ |
to wrap around / bundle; parcel; package / to press into service; to pressgang; to make off with (sth) |
| 尸 |
shī |
(literary) person representing the deceased (during burial ceremonies) / (literary) to put a corpse on display (after execution) / variant of 尸 |
| 尸 |
shī |
(bound form) corpse |