Read Edit View history 牺牲 xīshēng HSK6 sacrifice Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 牺牲 (犧牲) xīshēng sacrifice verb to give up something of value for the sake of other considerations 为了照顾孩子，她牺牲了自己的业余时间。 wèile zhàogu háizi, tā xīshēng le zìjǐ de yèyú shíjiān. She sacrificed her spare time to take care of her children. sacrifice life verb to give up one's life for a cause or country 他为保卫祖国英勇牺牲了。 tā wèi bǎowèi zǔguó yīngyǒng xīshēng le. He heroically sacrificed his life to defend the motherland. sacrificial animal verb an animal slaughtered and offered as a religious sacrifice 在这个古代传说中，村民们向神灵进献牺牲以祈求雨水。 zài zhège gǔdài chuánshuō zhōng, cūnmín men xiàng shénlíng jìnxiàn xīshēng yǐ qíqiú yǔshuǐ. In this ancient legend, the villagers offered sacrifices to the gods to pray for rain. Frequency Movie subtitles 42.7 per million appears in 15% of films Written text 26.1 per million Details HSK 2.0 Level 6 HSK 3.0 Level 6 Sources Definitions CC-CEDICT Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
牺牲 (犧牲) xīshēng sacrifice verb to give up something of value for the sake of other considerations 为了照顾孩子，她牺牲了自己的业余时间。 wèile zhàogu háizi, tā xīshēng le zìjǐ de yèyú shíjiān. She sacrificed her spare time to take care of her children. sacrifice life verb to give up one's life for a cause or country 他为保卫祖国英勇牺牲了。 tā wèi bǎowèi zǔguó yīngyǒng xīshēng le. He heroically sacrificed his life to defend the motherland. sacrificial animal verb an animal slaughtered and offered as a religious sacrifice 在这个古代传说中，村民们向神灵进献牺牲以祈求雨水。 zài zhège gǔdài chuánshuō zhōng, cūnmín men xiàng shénlíng jìnxiàn xīshēng yǐ qíqiú yǔshuǐ. In this ancient legend, the villagers offered sacrifices to the gods to pray for rain. Frequency Movie subtitles 42.7 per million appears in 15% of films Written text 26.1 per million Details HSK 2.0 Level 6 HSK 3.0 Level 6 Sources Definitions CC-CEDICT Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)