shě​shēn

to sacrifice one's life

  • created sense approved 舍身/捨身 · shě​shēn · to sacrifice one's life — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    舍身 / 捨身

    shě​shēn

    to sacrifice one's life

    To give up one's life for a belief, a cause, or to save others

    舍, 身

    舍 (literal) → 舍/捨 · shě · to give up 身 (literal) → 身 · shēn · life

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

    created sense

  • created sense approved 舍身/捨身 · shě​shēn · to renounce the world — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    舍身 / 捨身

    shě​shēn

    to renounce the world

    (literary) To give up worldly life to become a monk or nun, or to sacrifice one's physical body to spread Buddhist teachings

    舍, 身

    舍 (literal) → 舍/捨 · shě · to give up 身 (literal) → 身 · shēn · body

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

    created sense