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朱云折槛

zhū yún zhé jiàn

4-character word Traditional 朱雲折檻

What 朱云折槛 means

1. idiomZhu 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. also pr. zhū yún shé jiàn

The characters in 朱云折槛

• 朱zhūvermilion
• 云yún(classical) to say
• 折zhéto break; to fracture; to snap
• 槛kǎndoor sill; threshold

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