DictionaryCommon words犧牲

WordTOCFL Level 3transitive process verbTaiwan frequency #1,990

犧牲

xīshēng

“to give up something valued for a greater cause; to sacrifice one's life or interests; an animal killed as an offering in ritual”

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A sacrificial animal, typically a pure-colored one, used in ancient ancestral temple rites; to sacrifice or give up something.

Domestic animal; sacrificial animal used in rituals; livestock in general.