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Helping you learn Chinese for free is our aim. This idiom and proverb series offers phrases with great depth and versatility. Let’s look at 「捐身徇義」 and how to use it.

We’re presenting the idiom 「捐身徇義」 this time—its explanation and use are detailed below.

Sacrifice your life for justice.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

juān shēn xùn yì

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

gyun1 san1 seun1 yi6

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