"Sacrifice" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 xī shēng to sacrifice one's life / to sacrifice (sth valued) / beast slaughtered as a sacrifice
 gòng fèng to consecrate / to enshrine and worship / an offering (to one's ancestors) / a sacrifice (to a god)
 xiàn chū to offer / to give (as tribute) / to devote (one's life) / to sacrifice (oneself)
 jiàn mài to sell cheaply / sacrifice / low price / discount sale
 láo firm / sturdy / fold (for animals) / sacrifice / prison
 xī sacrifice
 huō opening / stake all / sacrifice / crack / slit
 yì bury / sacrifice
 yīn sacrifice
 yǒng sacrifice
 bá sacrifice
 dìng display food for show only / sacrifice
 zhào sacrifice
 shēng lǐ (religion) to sacrifice / sacrifice / animal offered as sacrifice
 zhì mìng fatal / mortal / deadly / to sacrifice one's life
 xiàn shēn to commit one's energy to / to devote oneself to / to sacrifice one's life for / (coll.) (of a woman) to give one's virginity to
 fěn shēn suì gǔ lit. torn body and crushed bones (idiom) / fig. to die horribly / to sacrifice one's life
 mài mìng to throw one's life in for / to haplessly give one's life for / to sacrifice oneself torturously working for another or for a group / to pour in one's utmost effort / to shed one's last ounce of strength for
 gān yú to be willing to / to be ready to / to be content with / accepting (of restriction, sacrifice, risk etc)
 jì bài to offer sacrifice (to one's ancestors)
 xùn qíng to die together in the name of love / to sacrifice oneself for love
 míng bright / opposite: dark 暗[an4] / (of meaning) clear / to understand / next / public or open / wise / generic term for a sacrifice to the gods
 kū sāng to wail at a funeral / formal wailing while offering sacrifice to the departed
 xiàn jì to offer sacrifice
 xùn nàn to sacrifice oneself in a just cause / a victim of a disaster
 juān qū to sacrifice one's life
 zá guō mài tiě to be willing to sacrifice everything one has (idiom)
 zhōng liè sacrifice oneself for one's country / martyr
 gān nǎo tú dì to offer one's life in sacrifice
 shě jǐ jiù rén to abandon self for others (idiom) / to sacrifice oneself to help the people / altruism
 shà xuè to smear one's lips with the blood of a sacrifice as a means of pledging allegiance (old)
 Gǔ ěr bāng jié Eid al-Adha or Festival of the Sacrifice (Qurban), celebrated on the 10th day of the 12th month of the Islamic calendar
 xùn jié to sacrifice one's life by loyalty (to one's prince, one's husband etc)
 jì to offer a sacrifice to (gods or ancestors) / memorial ceremony / (in classical novels) to recite an incantation to activate a magic weapon / (lit. and fig.) to wield
 jiàn to recommend / to offer sacrifice (arch.) / grass / straw mat
 xìn quarrel / dispute / a blood sacrifice (arch.)
 cí shrine / to offer a sacrifice
 jiào to perform sacrifice
 qū sacrifice to drive away calamity / to dispel / to drive away / to remove
 fán burn / to roast meat for sacrifice
 zǔ a stand for food at sacrifice
 ráng sacrifice for avoiding calamity
 yú summer sacrifice for rain
 xiá triennial sacrifice to ancestors
 dì imperial ancestral sacrifice
 jùn remains of a sacrifice or a meal
 fán cooked meat used in sacrifice
 tǎn sacrifice at the end of mourning
 mà d (22nd) / sacrifice to god of war
 liǎng lèi chā dāo lit. knifes piercing both sides (idiom) / fig. to attach a great importance to friendship, up to the point of being able to sacrifice oneself for it
 shě jǐ wèi rén to abandon self for others (idiom, from Analects) / to sacrifice one's own interest for other people / altruism
 méi heir-requesting sacrifice
礿 yuè spring imperial ancestral sacrifice
 kāng kǎi juān shēng sacrificing one's life generously (idiom) / to sacrifice oneself fervently to the cause
 kāng kǎi fù yì heroically sacrificing one's life (idiom) / to sacrifice oneself fervently to the cause
 shě shēng qǔ yì to give up life for righteousness (idiom, from Mencius) / to choose honor over life / would rather sacrifice one's life than one's principles
 yǔn shēn bù xù to die without regrets (idiom) / to sacrifice oneself without hesitation
 huǐ jiā shū nàn to sacrifice one's wealth to save the state (idiom)
 lín wēi shòu mìng to sacrifice one's life in a crisis
 xìn variant of 釁|衅 / quarrel / dispute / a blood sacrifice (arch.)
 jùn remains of a sacrifice or a meal
 kuǎn (tree) / stand for sacrifice
 xìn offer blood in sacrifice
 xūn fumes from sacrifice
 yuè pearl used in sacrifice
 yuè spring imperial ancestral sacrifice
 zhì ancient sacrifice
 dìng display food for show only / sacrifice
 diàn jì pouring of wine on ground for sacrifice
 shàng xiǎng I beg you to partake of this sacrifice (used at the end of an elegiac address)
 diào jì a worship ceremony for the dead / to offer sacrifice (to ancestors) / a libation
 juān shēng to sacrifice one's life
 shě jū bǎo shuài rook sacrifice to save the king (in Chinese chess) / fig. to protect a senior figure by blaming an underling / to pass the buck
 fàng yàn kǒu to feed the starving ghosts (i.e. offer sacrifice to protect the departed spirit)
 xùn sǐ to be buried alive as sacrifice (together with husband or superior)
 xī shēng dǎ sacrifice hit (in sport, e.g. baseball)
 xiàn shēn xùn zhí to sacrifice one's life in the line of duty
 qí fú ráng zāi to pray for luck and sacrifice to avoid disasters (i.e. traditional superstitions)
 jì sài to give sacrifice
 yīng yǒng xī shēng to heroically sacrifice one's life
 xuè shǐ history written in blood / epic period of struggle and sacrifice
 xuè jì blood sacrifice / animal sacrifice (to a God or ancestral spirit)
 chē nú car slave, sb forced to sacrifice quality of life to buy or maintain a car
 fēi yú zú "flying fish family", family who sacrifice everything to send their children abroad to study
 yǔn shǒu to offer one's life in sacrifice
 shì wèi zhī jǐ zhě sǐ , nu:3 wèi yuè jǐ zhě róng a true gentleman will sacrifice his life for a friend who understands him, as a woman makes herself beautiful for her sweetheart
 sǐ shì person willing to sacrifice his life (for a good cause)
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