舍生取义 Save Sign in to save words Traditional (Taiwan): 捨生取義 shěshēngqǔyì ㄕㄜˇ ㄕㄥ ㄑㄩˇ ㄧˋ to give up life for righteousness (idiom, from Mencius) to choose honor over life would rather sacrifice one's life than one's principles Character by character 舍(shě)give up 生(shēng)grow 取(qǔ)take 义(yì)surname Yi A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0