shēng

domestic animal

sacrificial animal

ox (牛) + sound shēng (生) = domestic or sacrificial animal

牛 grounds the meaning in cattle, the most common sacrificial and domestic animals. 生 lends the sound shēng and does not add semantic weight here.

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农民每天都要照顾口。

nóng mín měi tiān dōu yào zhào gù shēng kǒu。

Farmers have to take care of the livestock every day.

古时候人们用畜作为祭品。

gǔ shí hou rén men yòng shēng chù zuò wéi jì pǐn。

In ancient times, people used domestic animals as sacrificial offerings.

Words with 牲

三牲

sān shēng

the three sacrificial animals (originally cow, sheep and pig; later pig, chicken and fish)

宰牲节

zǎi shēng jié

see 古爾邦節|古尔邦节[Gu3 er3 bang1 jie2]

牲口

shēng kou

animals used for their physical strength (mules, oxen etc)

牲畜

shēng chù

farm animal; livestock

牲礼

shēng lǐ

(religion) to sacrifice

牲体

shēng tǐ

body of an animal (or human) killed sacrificially

牺牲

xī shēng

to sacrifice one's life

牺牲品

xī shēng pǐn

sacrificial victim

牺牲打

xī shēng dǎ

sacrifice hit (in sport, e.g. baseball)

牺牲者

xī shēng zhě

sb who sacrifices himself

畜牲

chù shēng

variant of 畜生[chu4 sheng5]

祭牲

jì shēng

sacrificial animal

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