明 míng bright / opposite: dark 暗[an4] / (of meaning) clear / to understand / next / public or open / wise / generic term for a sacrifice to the gods syn 殉节 殉節 xùn jié to sacrifice one's life by loyalty (to one's prince, one's husband etc) syn 致命 zhì mìng fatal / mortal / deadly / to sacrifice one's life syn 献身 獻身 xiàn shēn to commit one's energy to / to devote oneself to / to sacrifice one's life for / (coll.) (of a woman) to give one's virginity to syn 义气 義氣 yì qì spirit of loyalty and self-sacrifice / code of brotherhood / also pr. [yi4 qi5] syn 粉身碎骨 fěn shēn suì gǔ lit. torn body and crushed bones (idiom) / fig. to die horribly / to sacrifice one's life syn 卖命 賣命 mài mìng to work tirelessly / to give one's all / to slave away / to throw away one's life / to sacrifice oneself (usu. for an unworthy cause) syn 甘于 甘於 gān yú to be willing to / to be ready to / to be content with / accepting (of restriction, sacrifice, risk etc) syn 祭拜 jì bài to offer sacrifice (to one's ancestors) syn 殉情 xùn qíng to die together in the name of love / to sacrifice oneself for love 哭丧 哭喪 kū sāng to wail at a funeral / formal wailing while offering sacrifice to the departed syn 献祭 獻祭 xiàn jì to offer sacrifice 殉难 殉難 xùn nàn to sacrifice oneself in a just cause / a victim of a disaster syn 捐躯 捐軀 juān qū to sacrifice one's life syn 砸锅卖铁 砸鍋賣鐵 zá guō mài tiě to be willing to sacrifice everything one has (idiom) syn 忠烈 zhōng liè sacrifice oneself for one's country / martyr 肝脑涂地 肝腦塗地 gān nǎo tú dì to offer one's life in sacrifice syn 舍己救人 捨己救人 shě jǐ jiù rén to abandon self for others (idiom) / to sacrifice oneself to help the people / altruism syn 舍己 捨己 shě jǐ selfless / self-sacrifice (to help others) / self-renunciation / altruism 歃血 shà xuè to smear one's lips with the blood of a sacrifice as a means of pledging allegiance (old) 古尔邦节 古爾邦節 gǔ ěr bāng jié Eid al-Adha or Festival of the Sacrifice (Qurban), celebrated on the 10th day of the 12th month of the Islamic calendar 祭 jì to offer a sacrifice to (gods or ancestors) / (in classical novels) to recite an incantation to activate a magic weapon / to wield (sth magic) / (bound form) ceremony / (Tw) (bound form) (celebratory) festival syn 荐 薦 jiàn to recommend / to offer sacrifice (arch.) / grass / straw mat syn 衅 釁 xìn quarrel / dispute / a blood sacrifice (arch.) syn 祠 cí shrine / to offer a sacrifice syn 醮 jiào to perform sacrifice syn 祛 qū sacrifice to drive away calamity / to dispel / to drive away / to remove syn 燔 fán burn / to roast meat for sacrifice syn 俎 zǔ a stand for food at sacrifice syn 禳 ráng sacrifice for avoiding calamity syn 雩 yú summer sacrifice for rain 祫 xiá triennial sacrifice to ancestors 禘 dì imperial ancestral sacrifice 馂 餕 jùn remains of a sacrifice or a meal 膰 fán cooked meat used in sacrifice 禫 tǎn sacrifice at the end of mourning 禡 mà d (22nd) / sacrifice to god of war 两肋插刀 兩肋插刀 liǎng lèi chā dāo lit. knifes piercing both sides (idiom) / fig. to attach a great importance to friendship, up to the point of being able to sacrifice oneself for it 舍己为人 捨己為人 shě jǐ wèi rén to abandon self for others (idiom, from Analects) / to sacrifice one's own interest for other people / altruism syn 禖 méi heir-requesting sacrifice 礿 yuè spring imperial ancestral sacrifice 慷慨捐生 kāng kǎi juān shēng sacrificing one's life generously (idiom) / to sacrifice oneself fervently to the cause 慷慨赴义 慷慨赴義 kāng kǎi fù yì heroically sacrificing one's life (idiom) / to sacrifice oneself fervently to the cause 舍生取义 捨生取義 shě shēng qǔ yì to give up life for righteousness (idiom, from Mencius) / to choose honor over life / would rather sacrifice one's life than one's principles syn 殒身不恤 殞身不恤 yǔn shēn bù xù to die without regrets (idiom) / to sacrifice oneself without hesitation 毁家纾难 毀家紓難 huǐ jiā shū nàn to sacrifice one's wealth to save the state (idiom) syn 临危授命 臨危授命 lín wēi shòu mìng to sacrifice one's life in a crisis 舋 xìn variant of 釁|衅 / quarrel / dispute / a blood sacrifice (arch.) 血祭 xuè jì blood sacrifice / animal sacrifice (to a God or ancestral spirit) 餕 jùn remains of a sacrifice or a meal 梡 kuǎn (tree) / stand for sacrifice 釁 xìn offer blood in sacrifice 焄 xūn fumes from sacrifice 玥 yuè pearl used in sacrifice 禴 yuè spring imperial ancestral sacrifice 畤 zhì ancient sacrifice 飣 dìng display food for show only / sacrifice 奠祭 diàn jì pouring of wine on ground for sacrifice 尚飨 尚饗 shàng xiǎng I beg you to partake of this sacrifice (used at the end of an elegiac address) 吊祭 弔祭 diào jì a worship ceremony for the dead / to offer sacrifice (to ancestors) / a libation 捐生 juān shēng to sacrifice one's life 舍车保帅 捨車保帥 shě jū bǎo shuài rook sacrifice to save the king (in Chinese chess) / fig. to protect a senior figure by blaming an underling / to pass the buck 放焰口 fàng yàn kǒu to feed the starving ghosts (i.e. offer sacrifice to protect the departed spirit) 殉死 xùn sǐ to be buried alive as sacrifice (together with husband or superior) 牺牲打 犧牲打 xī shēng dǎ sacrifice hit (in sport, e.g. baseball) 献身殉职 獻身殉職 xiàn shēn xùn zhí to sacrifice one's life in the line of duty 祈福禳灾 祈福禳災 qí fú ráng zāi to pray for luck and sacrifice to avoid disasters (i.e. traditional superstitions) 祭赛 祭賽 jì sài to give sacrifice 英勇牺牲 英勇犧牲 yīng yǒng xī shēng to heroically sacrifice one's life 血史 xuè shǐ history written in blood / epic period of struggle and sacrifice 车奴 車奴 chē nú car slave, sb forced to sacrifice quality of life to buy or maintain a car 飞鱼族 飛魚族 fēi yú zú "flying fish family", family who sacrifice everything to send their children abroad to study 陨首 隕首 yǔn shǒu to offer one's life in sacrifice 士为知己者死，女为悦己者容 士為知己者死，女為悅己者容 shì wèi zhī jǐ zhě sǐ , nǚ wèi yuè jǐ zhě róng a true gentleman will sacrifice his life for a friend who understands him, as a woman makes herself beautiful for her sweetheart 死士 sǐ shì person willing to sacrifice his life (for a good cause) 威尊命贱 威尊命賤 wēi zūn - mìng jiàn (idiom) the dignity of authority is above life / one must be willing to sacrifice one's life rather than disobey a military order 