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。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     牺牲玉帛，弗敢加也，必以信。 [Classical Chinese, 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.

   • 夫取天之人，以攻天之邑，此刺殺天民，剝振神之位，傾覆社稷，攘殺其犧牲，則此上不中天之利矣。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     夫取天之人，以攻天之邑，此刺杀天民，剥振神之位，倾覆社稷，攘杀其牺牲，则此上不中天之利矣。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Mozi, c. 4^th century BCE

     Fú qǔ tiān zhī rén, yǐ gōng tiān zhī yì, cǐ cìshā tiānmín, bōzhèn shén zhī wèi, qīngfù shèjì, rǎngshā qí xīshēng, zé cǐ shàng bù zhòng tiān zhī lì yǐ. [Pinyin]

     Gathering the people of Heaven to attack the cities of Heaven is no different from killing the people of Heaven, destroying shrines and tablets of the spirits, overturning the altars and slaughtering the sacrificial animals. This, then, does not accord with Heaven's benefit in the upper realm.

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
   • 2018 June 25, “分屍案兇手還有人性？精神科醫師贊成死刑”, in 風傳媒‎^[1]:

     「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 Méijiù, 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”)