HSK 7–9 vocabularyHSK 3.0

牺牲

xīshēng

Traditional: 犧牲

to sacrifice one's life

HSK 7–9
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Meaning of 牺牲 in English

xīshēngHSK 7–9verbSyllabus #9776
  1. to sacrifice one's life
  2. to sacrifice (sth valued)
  3. beast slaughtered as a sacrifice

Example sentences

  1. 为了救许多人牺牲一个人是否道德？
    wèi le jiù xǔ duō rén xī shēng yí gè rén shì fǒu dào dé？
    Would it be ethical to sacrifice one person to save many?
    Tatoeba #812366 by fucongcong · #652444 by darinmex · CC BY 2.0 FR

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HSK words with 牲

牲畜HSK 7–9

Level, pinyin and part of speech: HSK Syllabus (CLEC, Nov 2025). Definitions: CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0. Sources & licences