介之推 in English Jie4 Zhi1 tui1 Meaning

Meanings

  • Jie Zhitui (7th century BC (Before Christ)), legendary selfless subject of Duke Wen of Jin 晉文公|晋文公[Jin4 Wen2 gong1], in whose honor the Qingming festival 清明[Qing1 ming2] (Pure brightness or tomb-sweeping festival) is said to have been initiated

Simplified Characters

介 之 推

Traditional Characters

介 之 推

Pinyin

Jie4 Zhi1 tui1

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

介jie4to introduce 之zhi1(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]) 推tui1to push