Would it be ethical to sacrifice one person to save many?
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牺牲
Traditional: 犧牲
xī shēng
HSK 3.0 · 6HSK 2.0 · 6
Yue Tan · University of Caen; © 2009 Yue Tan. MP3 preparation: Hugo Lopez / audio-cmn · CC BY-SA 3.0 US
xī shēng · hei1 sang1 (Jyutping)
- to sacrifice one's life
- to sacrifice (sth valued)
- beast slaughtered as a sacrifice
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