捐生

juānshēng
to sacrifice one's life

CEDICT

  1. (literary) to give one's life; to sacrifice one's life
  2. to give one's life; to sacrifice one's life

Wiktionary

  1. 捨棄生命。指死亡。
  2. 舊時捐納錢財而取得官職的人。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 捐 juān
  1. to relinquish; to abandon
  2. to contribute; to donate
  3. (bound form) tax; levy
2 生 shēng
  1. to be born
  2. to give birth
  3. life
  4. to grow
  5. raw
  6. uncooked
  7. student

Containing this entry

慷慨捐生 kāngkǎijuānshēng sacrificing one's life generously (idiom); to sacrifice oneself fervently to the cause

Related entries

捐軀 juānqū to sacrifice one's life
犧牲 xīshēng
  1. to sacrifice one's life
  2. to sacrifice (sth valued)
  3. beast slaughtered as a sacrifice
他犧牲生命，出賣組織。

He sacrificed his life and betrayed the organization.

Source: Tatoeba

致命 zhìmìng
  1. fatal
  2. mortal
  3. deadly
  4. to sacrifice one's life
这对他来说是致命的打击。

To him this is a deadly blow.

Source: Tatoeba