zhū yún zhé jiàn

Traditional: 朱雲折檻

朱云折槛 (zhū yún zhé jiàn) is a Chinese word meaning “(idiom) 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]”.

Meanings

  1. 1(idiom) 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
  2. 2also pr. [zhu1yun2-she2jian4]

Characters in 朱云折槛

朱zhū · vermilion云yún · (classical) to say折shé · to snap槛jiàn · banister

Related words

折磨to torment; to torture骨折to suffer a fracture折to snap折to turn sth over折to break折variant of 折[zhe2]云(classical) to say云cloud云surname Yun折腾to toss from side to side (e.g. sleeplessly)折断to snap sth off朱vermilion

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