马革裹尸 mǎ gé guǒ shī

to be buried in a horse hide (idiom)

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency 98305th word

Definitions

  1. 1. to be buried in a horse hide (idiom)
  2. 2. to give one's life on the battlefield

Characters

Character Meaning
马 mǎ HSK 3
horse; surname Ma
革 gé HSK 5
leather; animal hide; to reform
裹 guǒ HSK 5
to wrap; a parcel; a bundle
尸 shī HSK 6
corpse; variant of 屍shī