牺牲 (xī shēng) is a Chinese word meaning “to sacrifice one's life; to sacrifice (sth valued); beast slaughtered as a sacrifice”.
Meanings
- 1to sacrifice one's life
- 2to sacrifice (sth valued)
- 3beast slaughtered as a sacrifice
- Part of speech
- verb, noun
Characters in 牺牲
Related words
牲domestic animal牺牲品sacrificial victim牲口animals used for their physical strength (mules, oxen etc)牲畜farm animal; livestock牺sacrifice牺牲打sacrifice hit (in sport, e.g. baseball)牺牲者sb who sacrifices himself英勇牺牲to heroically sacrifice one's life庖牺氏another name for 伏羲[Fu2 Xi1], consort of 女媧|女娲[Nu:3 wa1]伏牺variant of 伏羲[Fu2 xi1]三牲the three sacrificial animals (originally cow, sheep and pig; later pig, chicken and fish)牲体body of an animal (or human) killed sacrificially