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HSK
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sacrifice

Composition


Components

Sounds

Pinyin

xi1

Meaning


Primary

sacrifice

Alternatives

sacrificed, sacrificing, sacrifices

Mnemonic


[xi-] Xena is in [1] front of the [-_] house where she is doing some ancient warrior 犧 sacrifices. She kills a 牛 cow with a 戈 halberd and places a bunch of 禾 grain stalks on top of it to complete the 犧 sacrifice. Then she kills a 羊 sheep with a blunt 丂 handle and similarly covers it with 禾 grain stalks. She does these 犧 sacrifices once a year for good warrior luck.

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