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祭祀

jì sì

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

祭祀 (jì sì) means "to offer sacrifices to the gods or ancestors". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 祭祀 means

1. to offer sacrifices to the gods or ancestors

The characters in 祭祀

• 祭jìto offer a sacrifice to (gods or ancestors); (in classical novels) to recite an…
• 祀sìto sacrifice; to offer libation to

Example sentences

• 祭祀结束之后，天就晴了。
  The sky cleared up after the ritual was over.
• 孔子说："像夏禹的为人，我找不到可以指责的漏洞。自己吃着菲薄的饮食，而却用丰厚祭品祭拜祖先与神明；自己平时穿粗劣的衣裳，而在祭祀时穿戴华服礼帽；自己住小房子，却尽力开通水道沟渠。像夏禹这样的人，我实在找不到可以指责的漏洞了。"
  Confucius said: " Yu the Great's conduct, I could not point out any flaws. He consumes meager amount of food, while offering boastful riches to the Gods and ancestors; He always don the crudest attire, but wears lavish garments when worshipping; He resides in a small house, yet forges water ways and ditches with all his might. Figures like Yu the Great, I honestly cannot point out any reprehensible flaws."

Sounds the same

Read jì sì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 继嗣to continue; to continue a family line; posterity

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• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read jì sì correctly.
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