|  |  | to sacrifice one's life  / to sacrifice (sth valued)  / beast slaughtered as a sacrifice  | HSK 6 | 
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|  |  | to sacrifice oneself in a just cause  / a victim of a disaster  |  | 
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|  |  | bury  / sacrifice  |  | 
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|  |  | fatal  / mortal  / deadly  / to sacrifice one's life  | HSK 7-9 | 
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|  |  | bright  /  opposite: dark 暗  /  (of meaning) clear  /  to understand  /  next  /  public or open  /  wise  /  generic term for a sacrifice to the gods  |  | 
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|  |  | opening  / stake all  / sacrifice  / crack  / slit  | HSK 7-9 | 
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|  |  | to consecrate  / to enshrine and worship  / an offering (to one's ancestors)  / a sacrifice (to a god)  | HSK 7-9 | 
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|  |  | 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  | HSK 7-9 | 
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|  |  | firm  / sturdy  / fold (for animals)  / sacrifice  / prison  | HSK 6 | 
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|  |  | to offer sacrifices to one's ancestors  |  | 
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|  |  | sb who sacrifices himself  / sacrificial victim  / sb who is expendable  |  | 
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|  |  | to offer sacrifice (to one's ancestors)  |  | 
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|  |  | to offer sacrifices to the gods or ancestors  | HSK 7-9 | 
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|  |  | human ladder (formed to help sb climb a wall etc); (fig.) person who sacrifices himself for others' success  |  | 
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|  |  | sacrifice to drive away calamity  / to dispel  / to drive away  / to remove  |  | 
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|  |  | sacrificing one's life generously (idiom); to sacrifice oneself fervently to the cause  |  | 
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|  |  | to die without regrets (idiom); to sacrifice oneself without hesitation  |  | 
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|  |  | to offer sacrifices (to one's ancestors)  / to hold or attend a memorial service  | HSK 7-9 | 
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|  |  | to host a banquet  / feast  / banquet  / ceremony of sacrifice  |  | 
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|  |  | to be buried alive as sacrifice (together with husband or superior)  |  | 
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|  |  | sacrificed piece (in chess or Go)  /  abandoned child  /  (fig.) sth that has been abandoned or sacrificed (an ally, a product, employees etc)  /  (in expressions such as 拋家棄子|抛家弃子 ) to abandon one's child(ren)  |  | 
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|  |  | sacrifice oneself for one's country  / martyr  |  | 
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|  |  | a worship ceremony for the dead  / to offer sacrifice (to ancestors)  / a libation  |  | 
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|  |  | to sacrifice one's life by loyalty (to one's prince, one's husband etc)  |  | 
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|  |  | to recommend  / to offer sacrifice (arch.)  / grass  / straw mat  |  | 
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|  |  | to sell cheaply  / sacrifice  / low price  / discount sale  |  | 
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|  |  | to give up life for righteousness (idiom, from Mencius)  / to choose honor over life; would rather sacrifice one's life than one's principles  |  | 
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|  |  | row of dancers at sacrifices  |  | 
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|  |  | heroically sacrificing one's life (idiom); to sacrifice oneself fervently to the cause  |  | 
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|  |  | (tree)  / stand for sacrifice  |  | 
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|  |  | lit. torn body and crushed bones (idiom)  / fig. to die horribly; to sacrifice one's life  |  | 
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|  |  | "flying fish family", family who sacrifice everything to send their children abroad to study  |  | 
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|  |  | to offer sacrifice  |  | 
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|  |  | to feed the starving ghosts (i.e. offer sacrifice to protect the departed spirit)  |  | 
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|  |  | to smear one's lips with the blood of a sacrifice as a means of pledging allegiance (old)  |  | 
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|  |  | to sacrifice  / to offer libation to  |  | 
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|  |  | to offer sacrifices to the gods  |  | 
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|  |  | sacrifice  |  | 
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|  |  | quarrel  / dispute  / a blood sacrifice (arch.)  |  | 
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|  |  | 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  |  | 
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|  |  | to perform sacrifice  |  | 
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|  |  | pouring of wine on ground for sacrifice  |  | 
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|  |  | person willing to sacrifice his life (for a good cause)  |  | 
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|  |  | to heroically sacrifice one's life  |  | 
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|  |  | 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)  |  | 
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|  |  | display food for show only  / sacrifice  |  | 
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|  |  | to abandon self for others (idiom); to sacrifice oneself to help the people  / altruism  |  | 
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|  |  | a stand for food at sacrifice  |  | 
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|  |  | fumes from sacrifice  |  | 
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|  |  | to coerce by invoking moral obligations (duty, sacrifice, reciprocation etc); to lay a guilt trip on sb  |  | 
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|  |  | to sacrifice one's life  |  | 
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|  |  | to abandon self for others (idiom, from Analects); to sacrifice one's own interest for other people  / altruism  |  | 
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|  |  | burn  / to roast meat for sacrifice  |  | 
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|  |  | bamboo receptacle used to hold meat for temple sacrifices in ancient times  |  | 
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|  |  | to offer sacrifices  |  | 
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|  |  | (coll.) the night before lunisolar New Year's Eve  / (Tw) the night before New Year's Eve (either lunisolar or Gregorian)  / (old) Little New Year's Eve (the 23rd or 24th of the 12th lunisolar month, when people offer sacrifices to the kitchen god)  |  | 
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|  |  | pearl used in sacrifice  |  | 
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|  |  | spring imperial ancestral sacrifice  |  | 
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|  |  | to sacrifice one's wealth to save the state (idiom)  |  | 
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|  |  | to offer sacrifices to the kitchen god  |  | 
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|  |  | bamboo tazza used in ancient times to hold dry food for sacrifices or at banquets  |  | 
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|  |  | shrine  / to offer a sacrifice  |  | 
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|  |  | history written in blood  / epic period of struggle and sacrifice  |  | 
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|  |  | a true gentleman will sacrifice his life for a friend who understands him, as a woman makes herself beautiful for her sweetheart  |  | 
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|  |  | to sacrifice one's life  |  | 
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|  |  | rook sacrifice to save the king (in Chinese chess); fig. to protect a senior figure by blaming an underling  / to pass the buck  |  | 
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|  |  | to die together in the name of love  / to sacrifice oneself for love  |  | 
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|  |  | to be willing to  / to be ready to  / to be content with  / accepting (of restriction, sacrifice, risk etc)  |  | 
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|  |  | sacrifice hit (in sport, e.g. baseball)  |  | 
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|  |  | ancient practice of offering sacrifices to the gods in the 12th lunar month  / the 12th lunar month  / (bound form) (of meat, fish etc) cured in winter, esp. in the 12th lunar month  |  | 
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|  |  | to be willing to sacrifice everything one has (idiom)  |  | 
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|  |  | sacrifice for avoiding calamity  |  | 
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|  |  | level spot for sacrifices  |  | 
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|  |  | blood sacrifice  / animal sacrifice (to a God or ancestral spirit)  |  | 
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|  |  | (religion) to sacrifice  / sacrifice  / animal offered as sacrifice  |  | 
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|  |  | sacrifice at the end of mourning  |  | 
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|  |  | spirit of loyalty and self-sacrifice  / code of brotherhood  / also pr. [yi4 qi5]  |  | 
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|  |  | to offer one's life in sacrifice  |  | 
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|  |  | to sacrifice one's life in a crisis  |  | 
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|  |  | (Islam) Eid al-Adha, the Festival of Sacrifice (Qurban), celebrated on the 10th day of Dhu al-Hijjah, the 12th month of the Islamic calendar  |  | 
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|  |  | triennial sacrifice to ancestors  |  | 
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|  |  | sacrifice  |  | 
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|  |  | circle shrines and make sacrifices  |  | 
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|  |  | 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  |  | 
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|  |  | sacrifice  |  | 
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|  |  | to offer  / to give (as tribute)  / to devote (one's life)  / to sacrifice (oneself)  |  | 
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|  |  | summer sacrifice for rain  |  | 
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|  |  | imperial ancestral sacrifice  |  | 
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|  |  | to offer sacrifices (to gods or ancestors) whilst abstaining from meat, wine etc  |  | 
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|  |  | to wail at a funeral  / formal wailing while offering sacrifice to the departed  |  | 
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|  |  | I beg you to partake of this sacrifice (used at the end of an elegiac address)  |  | 
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|  |  | car slave, sb forced to sacrifice quality of life to buy or maintain a car  |  | 
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|  |  | to give sacrifice  |  | 
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|  |  | spring imperial ancestral sacrifice  |  | 
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|  |  | (idiom) the dignity of authority is above life; one must be willing to sacrifice one's life rather than disobey a military order  |  | 
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|  |  | ancient sacrifice  |  | 
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|  |  | to pray for luck and sacrifice to avoid disasters (i.e. traditional superstitions)  |  | 
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|  |  | to offer sacrifices to Confucius  |  | 
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