Thread: The word "sacrifice"

Privet pushvv.
So you are telling me that: "успех требует многих жертв" is correct?

Originally Posted by Antonio1986

Privet pushvv.
So you are telling me that: "успех требует многих жертв" is correct?

That's alright. It's definitely not used in the sense of victim there. Also there is a famous phrase like that:

Красота требует жертв

Originally Posted by Antonio1986

Privet pushvv.
So you are telling me that: "успех требует многих жертв" is correct?

Although your version is not wrong

The word "жертва" in Russian can mean both "victim" and "sacrifice".

The logic is the following:

When someone suffers of something, then he/she is "жертва" (victim).
When you suffer by abandoning some benefits in order to achieve something else, the thing you abandon is your "жертва" (sacrifice).