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舍生取义
shě​shēng​qǔ​yì

righteous sacrifice

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
舍生取义 (捨生取義) shě​shēng​qǔ​yì
righteous sacrifice idiom
to sacrifice one's life for the sake of righteousness or moral principles; to choose honor over life

Frequency

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0.155 per million

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Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
BCC Corpus (BLCU)