牺 牲 xī shēng to sacrifice one's life / to sacrifice (sth valued) / beast slaughtered as a sacrifice 供 奉 gòng fèng to consecrate / to enshrine and worship / an offering (to one's ancestors) / a sacrifice (to a god) 献 出 xiàn chū to offer / to give (as tribute) / to devote (one's life) / to sacrifice (oneself) 贱 卖 jiàn mài to sell cheaply / sacrifice / low price / discount sale 牢 firm / sturdy / fold (for animals) / sacrifice / prison 牺 sacrifice 豁 opening / stake all / sacrifice / crack / slit 瘗 bury / sacrifice 禋 sacrifice 禜 sacrifice 軷 sacrifice 饤 display food for show only / sacrifice 垗 sacrifice 牲 礼 shēng lǐ (religion) to sacrifice / sacrifice / animal offered as sacrifice 致 命 zhì mìng fatal / mortal / deadly / to sacrifice one's life 献 身 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 粉 身 碎 骨 fěn shēn suì gǔ lit. torn body and crushed bones (idiom) / fig. to die horribly / to sacrifice one's life 卖 命 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 甘 于 gān yú to be willing to / to be ready to / to be content with / accepting (of restriction, sacrifice, risk etc) 祭 拜 jì bài to offer sacrifice (to one's ancestors) 殉 情 xùn qíng to die together in the name of love / to sacrifice oneself for love 明 bright / opposite: dark 暗[an4] / (of meaning) clear / to understand / next / public or open / wise / generic term for a sacrifice to the gods 哭 丧 kū sāng to wail at a funeral / formal wailing while offering sacrifice to the departed 献 祭 xiàn jì to offer sacrifice 殉 难 xùn nàn to sacrifice oneself in a just cause / a victim of a disaster 捐 躯 juān qū to sacrifice one's life 砸 锅 卖 铁 zá guō mài tiě to be willing to sacrifice everything one has (idiom) 忠 烈 zhōng liè sacrifice oneself for one's country / martyr 肝 脑 涂 地 gān nǎo tú dì to offer one's life in sacrifice 舍 己 救 人 shě jǐ jiù rén to abandon self for others (idiom) / to sacrifice oneself to help the people / altruism 歃 血 shà xuè to smear one's lips with the blood of a sacrifice as a means of pledging allegiance (old) 古 尔 邦 节 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 殉 节 xùn jié to sacrifice one's life by loyalty (to one's prince, one's husband etc) 祭 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 荐 to recommend / to offer sacrifice (arch.) / grass / straw mat 衅 quarrel / dispute / a blood sacrifice (arch.) 祠 shrine / to offer a sacrifice 醮 to perform sacrifice 祛 sacrifice to drive away calamity / to dispel / to drive away / to remove 燔 burn / to roast meat for sacrifice 俎 a stand for food at sacrifice 禳 sacrifice for avoiding calamity 雩 summer sacrifice for rain 祫 triennial sacrifice to ancestors 禘 imperial ancestral sacrifice 馂 remains of a sacrifice or a meal 膰 cooked meat used in sacrifice 禫 sacrifice at the end of mourning 禡 d (22nd) / sacrifice to god of war 两 肋 插 刀 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 舍 己 为 人 shě jǐ wèi rén to abandon self for others (idiom, from Analects) / to sacrifice one's own interest for other people / altruism 禖 heir-requesting sacrifice 礿 spring imperial ancestral sacrifice 慷 慨 捐 生 kāng kǎi juān shēng sacrificing one's life generously (idiom) / to sacrifice oneself fervently to the cause 慷 慨 赴 义 kāng kǎi fù yì heroically sacrificing one's life (idiom) / to sacrifice oneself fervently to the cause 舍 生 取 义 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 殒 身 不 恤 yǔn shēn bù xù to die without regrets (idiom) / to sacrifice oneself without hesitation 毁 家 纾 难 huǐ jiā shū nàn to sacrifice one's wealth to save the state (idiom) 临 危 授 命 lín wēi shòu mìng to sacrifice one's life in a crisis 舋 variant of 釁|衅 / quarrel / dispute / a blood sacrifice (arch.) 餕 remains of a sacrifice or a meal 梡 (tree) / stand for sacrifice 釁 offer blood in sacrifice 焄 fumes from sacrifice 玥 pearl used in sacrifice 禴 spring imperial ancestral sacrifice 畤 ancient sacrifice 飣 display food for show only / sacrifice 奠 祭 diàn jì pouring of wine on ground for sacrifice 尚 飨 shàng xiǎng I beg you to partake of this sacrifice (used at the end of an elegiac address) 吊 祭 diào jì a worship ceremony for the dead / to offer sacrifice (to ancestors) / a libation 捐 生 juān shēng to sacrifice one's life 舍 车 保 帅 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 放 焰 口 fàng yàn kǒu to feed the starving ghosts (i.e. offer sacrifice to protect the departed spirit) 殉 死 xùn sǐ to be buried alive as sacrifice (together with husband or superior) 牺 牲 打 xī shēng dǎ sacrifice hit (in sport, e.g. baseball) 献 身 殉 职 xiàn shēn xùn zhí to sacrifice one's life in the line of duty 祈 福 禳 灾 qí fú ráng zāi to pray for luck and sacrifice to avoid disasters (i.e. traditional superstitions) 祭 赛 jì sài to give sacrifice 英 勇 牺 牲 yīng yǒng xī shēng to heroically sacrifice one's life 血 史 xuè shǐ history written in blood / epic period of struggle and sacrifice 血 祭 xuè jì blood sacrifice / animal sacrifice (to a God or ancestral spirit) 车 奴 chē nú car slave, sb forced to sacrifice quality of life to buy or maintain a car 飞 鱼 族 fēi yú zú "flying fish family", family who sacrifice everything to send their children abroad to study 陨 首 yǔn shǒu to offer one's life in sacrifice 士 为 知 己 者 死 ， 女 为 悦 己 者 容 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 死 士 sǐ shì person willing to sacrifice his life (for a good cause)
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