朱云折槛 — Chinese idiom
朱云折槛
zhū yún zhé jiàn
Traditional: 朱雲折檻
Meaning
- Zhu Yun breaks the railing (Zhu Yun was a Han Dynasty official who accused the emperor's tutor of corruption, and when sentenced to death, clung to the palace hall railing so fiercely while demanding justice that he broke it); (fig.) to speak the truth with unwavering courage; to admonish fearlessly
- also pr. [zhu1yun2-she2jian4]
Character by character
- 朱zhūcinnabar, vermilion; surname
- 云yúncloud; to say, to speak
- 折zhéto break, to snap; to fold, to bend; to bow; humbl
- 槛jiànthreshold, door frame
Idioms sharing a character
- 皓齿朱唇 hào chǐ zhū chún
- 近朱近墨 jìn zhū jìn mò
- 九霄云外 jiǔ xiāo yún wài
- 人云亦云 rén yún yì yún
- 判若云泥 pàn ruò yún ní
- 叱咤风云 chì zhà fēng yún
- 吞云吐雾 tūn yún tǔ wù
- 堕云雾中 duò yún wù zhōng
- 拨云见日 bō yún jiàn rì
- 波谲云诡 bō jué yún guǐ
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