"Coffin" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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棺材 guān cai coffin / CL:具[ju4],口[kou3]
棺木 guān mù coffin
棺椁 guān guǒ inner and outer coffins / coffin
木 mù tree / wood / coffin / wooden / simple / numb / one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1]
灵 líng quick / alert / efficacious / effective / to come true / spirit / departed soul / coffin
材 cái material / timber / ability / aptitude / a capable individual / coffin (old)
棺 guān coffin
榇 chèn Sterculia plantanifolia / coffin
寿材 shòu cái coffin
槥 huì coffin
灵棺 líng guān a bier / a catafalque (memorial platform) / a coffin
细腰 xì yāo slender waist / fig. pretty woman / mortise and tenon joint on a coffin
抬杠 tái gàng to bicker / to argue for the sake of arguing / to carry on poles (together with sb else) / to carry a coffin on poles
灵柩 líng jiù coffin containing a corpse
墓道 mù dào path leading to a grave / tomb passage / aisle leading to the coffin chamber of an ancient tomb
守灵 shǒu líng to keep watch beside a coffin
行将就木 xíng jiāng jiù mù to approach one's coffin (idiom) / with one foot in the grave
入殓 rù liàn to put dead body in coffin
盖棺论定 gài guān lùn dìng don't pass judgment on a person's life until the lid is on the coffin (idiom)
守丧 shǒu sāng to keep watch beside a coffin / to observe a period of mourning
匾 pián basket-couch in coffin
桧 guì Chinese juniper (Juniperus chinensis) / coffin lid decoration (old) / Taiwan pr. [kuai4]
殓 liàn to prepare a dead body for coffin
厝 cuò to lay in place / to put / to place a coffin in a temporary location pending burial
椁 guǒ outer coffin
窆 biǎn to put a coffin in the grave
不见棺材不落泪 bù jiàn guān cai bù luò lèi lit. not to shed a tear until one sees the coffin (idiom) / fig. refuse to be convinced until one is faced with grim reality
哭灵 kū líng to weep before a coffin or a memorial to the dead
就木 jiù mù to be placed in a coffin / to die
杠头 gàng tóu (old) chief coffin bearer / (fig.) argumentative person / a kind of bread made with a dough flattened using a rolling pin 槓子|杠子[gang4 zi5]
盖棺 gài guān coffin lid / fig. posthumous reputation
盖棺定论 gài guān dìng lùn don't pass judgment on a person's life until the lid is on the coffin (idiom)
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