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舍生取义

shě shēng to give up life for righteousness (idiom, from Mencius) / to choose honor over life; would rather sacrifice one's life than one's principles
shě to give up; to abandon / to give alms
Shè surname She
shě old variant of
shè (bound form) residence; house / (bound form) my (in speaking of relatives younger than oneself) / (archaic) unit of distance equal to 30 li
  shēng to be born / to give birth / life / to grow / raw / uncooked / student
   to take / to get / to choose / to fetch
    surname Yi / (Tw) Italy (abbr. for 义大利)
    justice / righteousness / meaning / foster (father etc) / adopted / artificial (tooth, limb etc) / relationship / friendship
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