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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 舍生取义
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 舍生取义 | 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 |
List Ranking:
Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.
| HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | - | 87,748 | 70,688 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 舍 | shè | - surname She |
| 舍 | shě | - old variant of 捨|舍[she3] |
| 舍 | shè | - (bound form) residence; house - (bound form) my (in speaking of relatives younger than oneself) - (archaic) unit of distance equal to 30 li 里[li3] |
| 舍 | shě | - to give up; to abandon - to give alms |
| 生 | shēng | - to be born - to give birth - life - to grow - raw - uncooked - student |
| 取 | qǔ | - to take - to get - to choose - to fetch |
| 义 | yì | - surname Yi - (Tw) Italy (abbr. for 義大利|义大利[Yi4da4li4]) |
| 义 | yì | - justice - righteousness - meaning - foster (father etc) - adopted - artificial (tooth, limb etc) - relationship - friendship |
Other Words Containing 舍生取义
Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.
| Word | HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
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