烈士 (lièshì) — martyr; fallen hero

Characters in this word

Strokes: 10
Radical: 灬 — fire
Made of: 列 a line 灬 fire
How it's built: Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

纪念馆通过口述史资料，还原了烈士生前的普通生活。 Jìniànguǎn tōngguò kǒushùshǐ zīliào, huányuán le lièshì shēngqián de pǔtōng shēnghuó. Using oral-history materials, the memorial hall reconstructed the ordinary life the martyr had led before death.
这位烈士的故事被写进了课本，孩子们都很敬佩他。 Zhè wèi lièshì de gùshi bèi xiě jìn le kèběn, háizimen dōu hěn jìngpèi tā. This martyr's story was written into the textbook, and the children all admire him greatly.
他的爷爷是一位烈士，家里至今保存着他的一封旧信。 Tā de yéye shì yí wèi lièshì, jiālǐ zhìjīn bǎocún zhe tā de yì fēng jiù xìn. His grandfather was a martyr, and the family still keeps an old letter of his.