頸血

See also: 颈血

Chinese

		neck	blood
trad. (頸血)		頸	血
simp. (颈血)		颈	血

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jǐngxuè, jǐngxuě, jǐngxiě

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄥˇ ㄒㄩㄝˋ, ㄐㄧㄥˇ ㄒㄩㄝˇ, ㄐㄧㄥˇ ㄒㄧㄝˇ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
  - Pinyin: jǐngxuè
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄥˇ ㄒㄩㄝˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiingshiueh
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ɕɥ̯œ⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, variant in Mainland)⁺
  - Pinyin: jǐngxuě [Phonetic: jíngxuě]
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄥˇ ㄒㄩㄝˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiingsheue
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ɕɥ̯œ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; colloquial in Mainland)⁺
  - Pinyin: jǐngxiě [Phonetic: jíngxiě]
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄥˇ ㄒㄧㄝˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiingshiie
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ɕi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Noun

頸血

(archaic) the blood of one's severed neck (after one's head has been chopped off for showing defiance); to be ready and willing to die (for what one believes in)
- 賊臣董卓，敢為欺天之謀，吾當以頸血濺之！ [MSC, trad.]
  贼臣董卓，敢为欺天之谋，吾当以颈血溅之！ [MSC, simp.]
  From: c. 1330 - 1400: Luo Guanzhong, Romance of the Three Kingdoms/Chapter 4
  Zéi chén Dǒng Zhuó, gǎn wèi qī tiān zhī móu, wú dāng yǐ jǐngxuè jiàn zhī! [Pinyin]
  Dong Zhuo, you villainous scoundrel! You dare carry out a scheme which deceives heaven. I should stain you with the blood of my (severed) neck (rather than submit, and live in tyranny)!

Usage notes

The use of this term implied that one was ready and willing to die for what one believed in

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