juān​qū

to sacrifice one's life

  • created sense approved 捐躯/捐軀 · juān​qū · to sacrifice one's life — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    捐躯 / 捐軀

    juān​qū

    to sacrifice one's life

    to give up one's life for a noble cause or for one's country; to sacrifice oneself for the public good

    捐, 躯

    捐 (literal) → 捐 · juān · to abandon 躯 (literal) → 躯/軀 · qū · life

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

    created sense