{"path":"/entry/46594","title":"舍生取义 / 捨生取義 (shě shēng qǔ yì) — Chinese Dictionary | Flashbao","description":"舍生取义 / 捨生取義 (shě shēng qǔ yì): to give up life for righteousness (idiom, from Mencius). Explore meanings, example sentences and vocabulary decks.","catalog":null,"deck":null,"entry":{"reading":{"id":46594,"orthography":{"forms":{"SIMPLIFIED":["舍生取义"],"TRADITIONAL":["捨生取義"]}},"phonetic":"shě shēng qǔ yì","phoneticKey":"she3 sheng1 qu3 yi4","meanings":{"primary":[{"qualifier":null,"synonyms":[{"segments":[{"dim":false,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"to give up life for righteousness ","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]},{"dim":true,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"(idiom, from Mencius)","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]}]}]},{"qualifier":null,"synonyms":[{"segments":[{"dim":false,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"to choose honor over life","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]}]},{"segments":[{"dim":false,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"would rather sacrifice one's life than one's principles","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]}]}]}],"additional":[],"notes":[],"variantMeanings":[]},"classifiers":[],"pos":["VERB"],"frequency":null,"grammar":[],"spokenPhonetic":null},"otherReadings":[],"examples":[],"carriedReadings":[],"constructions":[],"status":null,"due":null,"reps":null,"lapses":null,"lastReview":null,"senses":[{"label":null,"relations":[{"kind":"SYNONYM","readingId":60328,"orthography":{"forms":{"SIMPLIFIED":["杀身成仁"],"TRADITIONAL":["殺身成仁"]}},"phonetic":"shā shēn chéng rén","gloss":{"simplified":"(idiom) to die a martyr","traditional":null}}],"primary":true}],"origins":[{"literal":"to sacrifice life for righteousness","content":[{"type":"paragraph","text":{"simplified":"From Mencius (《孟子·告子上》)","traditional":null}}],"examples":[{"text":{"simplified":"生，亦我所欲也；义，亦我所欲也，二者不可得兼，舍生而取义者也。","traditional":"生，亦我所欲也；義，亦我所欲也，二者不可得兼，舍生而取義者也。"},"phonetic":"Shēng, yì wǒ suǒ yù yě; yì, yì wǒ suǒ yù yě, èrzhě bùkě dé jiān, shě shēng ér qǔ yì zhě yě.","english":"So, I like life, and I also like righteousness. If I cannot keep the two together, I will let life go, and choose righteousness.","ref":"Mencius, c. 4ᵗʰ century BCE, translated based on James Legge's version"}],"senseScoped":false}],"decks":[{"id":27,"sourceName":"Chengyu","name":"Chengyu"}],"vocabularyScale":null,"vocabularyLevel":null}}