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Meaning of 殉

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Pinyin: xùn
English Definition: to be buried with the dead; to die for a cause
Chinese Definition:
①古代用人或物随葬:殉葬。
②为某种目的而牺牲生命:殉国。殉节。殉难。殉情。殉职。殉道(指为坚持某种信仰或理论而牺牲自己的生命)。
Total strokes: 10; Radical:
Pictophonetic: indicates the sound; (death) conveys the meaning.
Character Formation:
  • Left to right
    • [ dǎi ] corpse; death; evil, depraved, wicked
    • [ xún ] ten-day period; period of time
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Example Words
殉国 xùn guó to die for one's country
殉难 xùn nàn to sacrifice oneself in a just cause; a victim of a disaster
殉职 xùn zhí to die in the line of duty
殉葬 xùn zàng to bury sth along with the dead; sacrificial grave goods
殉节 xùn jié to sacrifice one's life by loyalty (to one's prince, one's husband etc)
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Example Sentences
1
A prophet martyr.
2
John the Baptist himself gets martyred.
3
He's the innocent prophet who is martyred for his prophecy.
4
使
That hollow place where martyrs weep and angels play with sin.
5
To cover the other martyrs, Ding W perish caught, put in prison.