视死如归
shì sǐ rú guī
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Traditional: 視死如歸
To meet death without fear, as calmly as if one were simply going home. High praise for soldiers, martyrs and heroes who are ready to give their lives for a cause.
Coi cái chết nhẹ như việc trở về nhà: không hề sợ chết. Là lời ca ngợi các chiến sĩ, liệt sĩ, anh hùng sẵn sàng hy sinh vì nghĩa lớn.
Register: formal
Examples
Editorial example (illustrative, not a corpus attestation) — awaiting a native-speaker check
Sources & notes
Hán-Việt bridge batch 062 (2026-11-13). Headword, Traditional form and pinyin checked against CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0) source ↗ · Hán-Việt reading: Unihan kVietnamese source ↗ ; en.wiktionary Vietnamese entries via kaikki.org extract, snapshot 2026-07-31 (CC BY-SA 4.0): Hán-Việt reading 归/歸 = quy · Vietnamese cognate: Idiomer entry “thị tử như quy” (thi-tu-nhu-quy). Definition, literal gloss and example sentence are original; the example has not had a native-speaker check yet.
Equivalents & related
Common questions
What does “视死如归” mean?
To meet death without fear, as calmly as if one were simply going home. High praise for soldiers, martyrs and heroes who are ready to give their lives for a cause. Literally: look on death as going home
Is “视死如归” formal or informal?
视死如归 is generally formal.