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We’re sharing free Chinese learning content with you. Idioms and proverbs, full of meaning, are explored in this series. Today, we present 「成仁取義」.

Learn about the idiom 「成仁取義」: its definition and how it’s used are detailed here.

To die for benevolence: to sacrifice one’s life for the sake of benevolence; to seek justice: to sacrifice one’s life for the sake of justice. Sacrifice your life for justice.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

chéng rén qǔ yì

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

sing4 yan4 cheui2 yi6

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