Definition

Examples

• 他在城破之时选择了自刎。
  Tā zài chéng pò zhī shí xuǎnzé le zì wěn.
  He chose to cut his own throat when the city fell.
• 屈原最后投江而死，并没有自刎。
  Qū Yuán zuìhòu tóu jiāng ér sǐ, bìng méiyǒu zì wěn.
  Qu Yuan ultimately drowned himself in the river; he did not cut his own throat.
• 历史上有不少将军在战败后自刎明志。
  Lìshǐ shàng yǒu bù shǎo jiāngjūn zài zhàn bài hòu zì wěn míng zhì.
  In history, many generals cut their own throats after defeat to express their resolve.