Death with eyes closed, explanation: These two lines of poems come from "Shi'er" written by Lu You in the Song Dynasty. Lu You devoted his life to the struggle against the Jin Dynasty and always hoped to regain the Central Plains, but he has never been able to achieve it. These two lines of poems express Lu You was extremely unwilling to die like this, so he used the idiom to die in peace.
Idiom explanation: Close your eyes: close your eyes. Don't close your eyes even if you die. It originally means that when a person dies, there are still things in his heart that he cannot let go of. Nowadays it is often used to describe extreme unwillingness.
Pronunciation: sǐ bù míng mù?
Source: Chen Shou of the Western Jin Dynasty's "Three Kingdoms: Sun Jian Biography": "I will not attack your three tribes now; I will show them to the world; then I will die with my eyes closed."
Vernacular interpretation: If I don’t wipe out your three tribes today and enlighten the country, then I will die in peace.
Extended information
Synonyms: Hate the underworld, never close your eyes until death
1. Hate the underworld
Pronunciation: bào hèn huáng quán< /p>
Explanation: Huangquan: the underground place where people are buried after death, refers to the underworld. Pass away from this world with regrets and die with regrets.
Source: Li Xian of the Tang Dynasty and others quoted "Yong Farewell Biography": "The fear of death will decay with the body, and the hatred will decay with the body."
Vernacular interpretation: Fear will decay with the body. , death with regret.
2. Never close your eyes until death
Pronunciation: sǐ bù bì mù
Explanation: It originally means that when a person dies, there are still things in his heart that he cannot let go of. Nowadays it is often used to describe extreme unwillingness.
Source: "Old Tang Book·Han Yu Biography" by Liu Yu of the Later Jin Dynasty: "If you are pregnant with pain, you will never close your eyes until you die."
Vernacular interpretation: If you cherish pain throughout your life, you will die. Sometimes there are still things that I can’t let go of.