宁愿站着死，决不跪着生寧願站著死，決不跪著生寧願站着死，決不跪着生

I would rather die standing than live on my knees

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Proverb谚语諺語 · Widely known

Meaning: Better to die for a just cause than live in humiliation. Defiant, heroic.

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Simplified: 宁愿站着死，决不跪着生
Traditional (Taiwan): 寧願站著死，決不跪著生
Traditional (Hong Kong): 寧願站着死，決不跪着生
Pinyin: nìngyuàn zhànzhe sǐ, juébú guìzhe shēng
Bopomofo: ㄋㄧㄥˋ ㄩㄢˋ ㄓㄢˋ ˙ㄓㄜㄙˇ，ㄐㄩㄝˊ ㄅㄨˊ ㄍㄨㄟˋ ˙ㄓㄜㄕㄥ

Written with HSK 7-9 vocabulary, at CEFR level C1.

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