Pinyin

Definition

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  1. grave
  2. tomb
  3. mausoleum

Character Decomposition

Related Words (17)

  1. 1 grave
  2. 2 tomb
  3. 3 mausoleum
dào mù
  1. 1 to rob a tomb
gōng mù
  1. 1 public cemetery
mù yuán
  1. 1 cemetery
  2. 2 graveyard
mù dì
  1. 1 cemetery
  2. 2 graveyard

Idioms (1)

掘墓鞭尸
jué mù biān shī
  1. 1 to exhume a body for public flogging (idiom)

Sample Sentences

每年都这样来扫墓,明明交了管理费,还是得自己在这边拔草,好浪费时间。
měinián dōu zhèyàng lái sǎomù ,míngmíng jiāo le guǎnlǐ fèi ,háishì děi zìjǐ zài zhèbiān bácǎo ,hǎo làngfèi shíjiān 。
Every time we come to observe Tomb Sweeping Day we have to pull up the weeds ourselves,despite clearly having paid the maintenance fees, what a waste of time.
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你说的没错,欧美电影对恐怖的定义跟我们东方人还是有区别的,也许对欧美人来说坟墓、僵尸就代表恐怖,但对我们来说这些还不算是恐怖。
nǐshuōde méicuò ,Ōuměi diànyǐng duì kǒngbù de dìngyì gēn wǒmen dōngfāngrén háishì yǒu qūbié de ,yěxǔ duì Ōu - Měi rén láishuō fénmù 、jiāngshī jiù dàibiǎo kǒngbù ,dàn duì wǒmen láishuō zhèxiē hái bù suàn shì kǒngbù 。
You're totally right, the European and American definition of horror is different from us Easterners. Maybe for European and Americans graves and zombies represent horror, but for us, these don't count as scary.
就是嘛!“萤火虫之墓“就看得我超难过的!
jiùshì ma !“yínghuǒchóngzhīmù “jiù kàn de wǒ chāo nánguò de !
Doesn't it just! Grave of the Fireflies made me so sad!
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淑仪,下午要去扫墓,东西都准备好了没?
shúyī ,xiàwǔ yào qù sǎomù ,dōngxi dōu zhǔnbèi hǎo hǎo le méi ?
Shuyi, this afternoon we have to go tomb sweeping, have you got all the stuff ready?
等一下,要给墓园的管理费你要带好。
děng yīxià ,yào gěi mùyuán de guǎnlǐfèi nǐ yào dài hǎo 。
Wait a minute. You should remember to bring the care-taking fee to give to the graveyard.
是啊,还好雨不大。话说,既然去得早,扫完墓,到附近走走、踏踏青,怎么样?
shì a ,hái hǎo yǔ búdà 。huàshuō ,jìrán qù de zǎo ,sǎo wán mù ,dào fùjìn zǒu zou 、tàtàqīng ,zěnmeyàng ?
Yes, luckily it isn't so heavy. Speaking of that, given that we're going so early, how about taking a hike in the countryside near the graveyard after we've finished tomb sweeping?
你还真是个文艺青年啊,这次追的是什么小说?宫廷,穿越,还是盗墓?
nǐ hái zhēn shì gè wényìqīngnián a ,zhècì zhuī de shì shénme xiǎoshuō ?gōngtíng ,chuānyuè ,háishì dàomù ?
You really are an artistic youth. What's this novel you're following about? Palaces, time travel or grave robbers?
李探长向墓碑深深地三鞠躬。
Lǐ tànzhǎng xiàng mùbēi shēnshēn de sān jūgōng 。
Detective Li bowed deeply to the tombstone three times.
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两周后,李探长和小尤相约来到了王强父亲的墓地。墓碑上写着:神探王华。
liǎng zhōu hòu ,Lǐ tànzhǎng hé Xiǎo Yóu xiāngyuē láidào le Wáng Qiáng fùqin de mùdì 。mùbēi shàng xiězhe :shéntàn Wáng Huá 。
Two weeks later, Detective Li and Xiao You arranged a time to go to the grave of Wang Qiang's father. On the gravestone was written "Legendary Detective - Wang Hua."
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跟我爸一起去给我爷爷扫墓。
gēn wǒ bà yīqǐ qù gěi wǒ yéye sǎomù 。
I'm going to pay respects to my grandfather's grave with my father.