他救了那個嬰兒,但是卻犧牲了自己的生命。

He saved the baby at the cost of his life.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1
  1. (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his
  2. (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日 and 他人 rén)
=2 jiù variant of jiù
=2 jiù
  1. to save
  2. to assist
  3. to rescue
=3 le
  1. (completed action marker)
  2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
  3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
=3 liǎo
  1. to finish
  2. (used with or after a verb to express (im)possibility, as in 忘不了 wàngbuliǎo "cannot forget")
  3. (literary) (usually followed by a negative such as or ) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least
  4. to understand clearly (variant of liǎo)
=3 liǎo
  1. (of eyes) bright
  2. clear-sighted
  3. to understand clearly
=3 liào unofficial variant of liào
4 那個 ge
  1. that one
  2. that thing
  3. that (as opposed to this)
  4. (used before a verb or adjective for emphasis)
  5. (used to humorously or indirectly refer to sth embarrassing, funny etc, or when one can't think of the right word)
  6. (used in speech as a filler, similar to "umm", "you know" etc)
  7. (euph.) menstruation
  8. sex
  9. also pr. nèige
=5 嬰兒 yīngér
  1. infant
  2. baby
  3. lead (Pb)

classifier:

=5 嬰兒 yīng'ér
  1. (Taoism) lead (metal)
  2. baby; infant (Classifier: m)
  3. lead (metal)
6 但是 dànshì but; however
7 què
  1. but
  2. yet
  3. however
  4. while
  5. to go back
  6. to decline
  7. to retreat
  8. nevertheless
  9. even though
8 犧牲 shēng
  1. to sacrifice one's life
  2. to sacrifice (sth valued)
  3. beast slaughtered as a sacrifice
=9 le
  1. (completed action marker)
  2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
  3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
=9 liǎo
  1. to finish
  2. (used with or after a verb to express (im)possibility, as in 忘不了 wàngbuliǎo "cannot forget")
  3. (literary) (usually followed by a negative such as or ) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least
  4. to understand clearly (variant of liǎo)
=9 liǎo
  1. (of eyes) bright
  2. clear-sighted
  3. to understand clearly
=9 liào unofficial variant of liào
10 自己
  1. oneself
  2. one's own
=11 de
  1. of; ~'s (possessive particle)
  2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun)
  3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
  4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 de "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 pǎotángrde "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 xīnde "new one")
  5. also pr. or di in poetry and songs
=11 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=11 really and truly
=11 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
12 生命 shēngmìng life (as the characteristic of living beings)

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