yīn​sì

sacrificial ceremony

yīn​sì sacrificial ceremony

  1. sacrifice to heaven
    (bound form) an ancient ritual sacrifice to heaven involving the burning of animal parts, jade, and silk so that the smoke ascends to the sky
  2. sacrifice
    (literary) a sacrificial ritual or ceremony

yīn​sì to sacrifice

  1. sacrifice
    (bound form) to offer sacrifices in general
  2. to sacrifice
    (bound form) to offer sacrifices to ancestors or gods; to offer libations