安葬
ān zàng
Pinyin
Definition
安葬
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- to bury (the dead)
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
不安其室
- 1 to be discontented with one's home
- 2 to have adulterous relations after marriage (of women) (idiom)
入土为安
- 1 buried and at rest (idiom); Resquiescat in pacem (RIP)
国泰民安
- 1 the country prospers, the people at peace (idiom); peace and prosperity
坐立不安
- 1 lit. agitated sitting or standing (idiom)
- 2 restless
- 3 fidgety
坐立难安
- 1 unable to sit or stand still (out of nervousness etc) (idiom)
Sample Sentences
是啊!中国僵尸片的内容主要是从乡野奇谈来的,据说起源是”湘西赶尸”,是一种运送尸体回老家安葬的方式,贴上符箓,就是道士指挥尸体的办法。
Really! Most Chinese zombie movies are from folk tales, I heard that the story originated in the practice of sending corpses back home to be buried in Xiangxi, and that the curse placed on the corpse by a Taoist monk was to direct it on its way.