舍生取义 (shě shēng qǔ yì) | Meaning: to give up life for righteousness (idiom, from Mencius) | Chinese Idiom with Pinyin & Origin

to give one's body for the nation (idiom); to spend one's whole life in the service of the country以身报国yǐ shēn bào guó

to abandon one's body in the search for Buddha's truth (idiom)舍身求法shě shēn qiú fǎ

to sacrifice one's life · to sacrifice (sth valued) · beast slaughtered as a sacrifice牺牲xī shēng

to dedicate oneself to the cause of one's country (idiom)以身许国yǐ shēn xǔ guó

(idiom) to die a martyr; to be martyred杀身成仁shā shēn chéng rén

kind and charitable乐善好施lè shàn hào shī

to give up life for righteousness (idiom, from Mencius) · to choose honor over life; would rather sacrifice one's life than one's principles