"Sacrifices" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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祭物	jì wù	sacrifices
祭祀	jì sì	to offer sacrifices to the gods or ancestors
祭奠	jì diàn	to offer sacrifices (to one's ancestors) / to hold or attend a memorial service
祭祖	jì zǔ	to offer sacrifices to one's ancestors
牺牲者	xī shēng zhě	sb who sacrifices himself / sacrificial victim / sb who is expendable
祭孔	jì Kǒng	to offer sacrifices to Confucius
祭灶	jì zào	to offer sacrifices to the kitchen god
腊	là	ancient practice of offering sacrifices to the gods in the 12th lunar month / the 12th lunar month / (bound form) (of meat, fish etc) cured in winter, esp. in the 12th lunar month
笾	biān	bamboo tazza used in ancient times to hold dry food for sacrifices or at banquets
佾	yì	row of dancers at sacrifices
餟	zhuì	circle shrines and make sacrifices
墠	shàn	level spot for sacrifices
祀神	sì shén	to offer sacrifices to the gods
斋祭	zhāi jì	to offer sacrifices (to gods or ancestors) whilst abstaining from meat, wine etc
餋	juàn	to offer sacrifices
𫮃	shàn	level spot for sacrifices
簝	liáo	bamboo receptacle used to hold meat for temple sacrifices in ancient times
人梯	rén tī	human ladder (formed to help sb climb a wall etc) / (fig.) person who sacrifices himself for others' success
小年夜	xiǎo nián yè	(coll.) the night before lunisolar New Year's Eve / (Tw) the night before New Year's Eve (either lunisolar or Gregorian) / (old) Little New Year's Eve (the 23rd or 24th of the 12th lunisolar month, when people offer sacrifices to the kitchen god)