🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

최대의 희생

Pronunciation / Transliteration: choe-dae-ui hui-saeng

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Maximum sacrifice/ˈmæk.sɪ.məm ˈsæk.rɪ.faɪs/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #4500 frequency
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"그들은 조국을 위해 최대의 희생을 치렀다."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The surrender or giving up of everything possible, often including one's life or deepest desires, for a greater objective or person.

    "The firefighter made the maximum sacrifice to save the trapped children from the blazing building."
  2. 2

    The greatest possible cost, expenditure, or effort undertaken to achieve a critical goal.

    "Achieving championship status requires the maximum sacrifice of time and personal comfort."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term combines 'maximum', derived from Latin 'maximus' meaning 'greatest', and 'sacrifice', from Latin 'sacrificium', meaning to make sacred. Historically rooted in religious rites of offering, the combined phrase evolved in modern contexts to denote the ultimate surrender of one's interests or life for a higher cause.

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