以身殉职
yǐ​shēn​xùn​zhí

to die in the line of duty

  • created sense approved 以身殉职/以身殉職 · yǐ​shēn​xùn​zhí · to die in the line of duty — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    以身殉职 / 以身殉職

    yǐ​shēn​xùn​zhí

    to die in the line of duty

    to sacrifice one's life in the performance of one's official duties; to die on the job

    以 (literal) → 以 · yǐ · by means of 身 (literal) → 身 · shēn · life 殉职 (literal) → 殉职/殉職 · xùn​zhí · to die in the line of duty

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense