献身 xiànshēn to devote oneself Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 献身 獻身 xiàn//shēn to devote oneself verb + noun To commit all of one's energy or even one's life to a cause or task; to dedicate oneself 我可以献身于写作。 wǒ kěyǐ xiàn shēn yú xiězuò. I can devote myself to writing. 我绝不会为了我的信仰而献身,因为我可能是错的。 wǒ juébù huì wèile wǒde xìnyǎng ér xiàn shēn, yīnwèi wǒ kěnéng shì cuò de. I would never die for my beliefs, because I might be wrong. to give one's virginity (Colloquial) Of a woman, to give up her virginity to a partner. dedication The act or state of devoting oneself to a particular purpose or cause Show rare definitions Hide rare definitions Frequency Movie subtitles 4.29 per million appears in 2% of films Written text 3.88 per million Cross-References Synonym 致身 zhìshēn委身 wěishēn Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
献身 獻身 xiàn//shēn to devote oneself verb + noun To commit all of one's energy or even one's life to a cause or task; to dedicate oneself 我可以献身于写作。 wǒ kěyǐ xiàn shēn yú xiězuò. I can devote myself to writing. 我绝不会为了我的信仰而献身,因为我可能是错的。 wǒ juébù huì wèile wǒde xìnyǎng ér xiàn shēn, yīnwèi wǒ kěnéng shì cuò de. I would never die for my beliefs, because I might be wrong. to give one's virginity (Colloquial) Of a woman, to give up her virginity to a partner. dedication The act or state of devoting oneself to a particular purpose or cause Show rare definitions Hide rare definitions Frequency Movie subtitles 4.29 per million appears in 2% of films Written text 3.88 per million Cross-References Synonym 致身 zhìshēn委身 wěishēn Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)