犧牲

"sacrifice (animal)" (pre-Qin) -> "to immolate" (c. 1840) -> "to sacrifice" (c. 1900).

犧牲

1. sacrifice (animal presented to a deity, deceased ancestor, etc.)

   • 犧牲玉帛，弗敢加也，必以信。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
     牺牲玉帛，弗敢加也，必以信。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]

     From: Commentary of Zuo, c. 4^th century BCE

     Xīshēng yùbó, fú gǎn jiā yě, bì yǐ xìn. [Pinyin]

     I dare not exaggerate the amount of sacrifices, jade, and silk offered to the gods; I always tell the gods the truth.

犧牲

1. to give one's life for a certain cause; to sacrifice oneself

   壯烈犧牲／壮烈牺牲  ―  zhuàngliè xīshēng  ―  to die a hero's death

2. (figuratively) to sacrifice (give away something valuable); to give up; to abandon; to discard

   「有些人」根本沒救，廢死徒犧牲了正義 [MSC, trad.]
   「有些人」根本没救，废死徒牺牲了正义 [MSC, simp.]

   “yǒuxiē rén” gēnběn méi jiù, fèisǐ tú xīshēng le zhèngyì [Pinyin]

   "Some people" are basically incurable, death penalty abolition merely sacrifices justice

• (to give one's life):

• (to give up):

犧牲 • (huisaeng) (hangeul 희생)

1. hanja form^? of 희생 (“sacrifice”)

犧牲

1. chữ Hán form of hi sinh (“to sacrifice”)