| 卖命 | mài mìng | to work tirelessly / to give one's all / to slave away / to throw away one's life / to sacrifice oneself (usu. for an unworthy cause) |   |
| 殉情 | xùn qíng | to die together in the name of love / to sacrifice oneself for love | |
| 殉难 | xùn nàn | to sacrifice oneself in a just cause / a victim of a disaster | |
| 舍己救人 | shě jǐ jiù rén | to abandon self for others (idiom) / to sacrifice oneself to help the people / altruism | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 殒身不恤 | yǔn shēn bù xù | to die without regrets (idiom) / to sacrifice oneself without hesitation | |
