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舍生取义

shě shēng qǔ yì

4-character word Traditional 捨生取義

What 舍生取义 means

1. to give up life for righteousness (idiom, from Mencius)
2. to choose honor over life; would rather sacrifice one's life than one's principles

The characters in 舍生取义

• 舍shěto give up; to abandon; to give alms
• 生shēngto grow; to give birth; to produce; to be born; to arise; to occur; to light (a fire)
• 取qǔto take; to get; to choose
• 义yìjustice; righteousness; meaning