因公殉职 — Chinese idiom
因公殉职
yīn gōng xùn zhí
Traditional: 因公殉職
Meaning
- to die in the course of performing one's duty
Character by character
- 因yīncause, reason; by; because
- 公gōngfair, equitable; public; duke
- 殉xùnmartyr; to die for a cause
- 职zhíduty, profession; office, post
Idioms sharing a character
- 互为因果 hù wéi yīn guǒ
- 前因后果 qián yīn hòu guǒ
- 因人成事 yīn rén chéng shì
- 因人而异 yīn rén ér yì
- 因利乘便 yīn lì chéng biàn
- 因势利导 yīn shì lì dǎo
- 因噎废食 yīn yē fèi shí
- 因地制宜 yīn dì zhì yí
- 因小失大 yīn xiǎo shī dà
- 因循守旧 yīn xún shǒu jiù
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