死 者 sǐ zhě the dead / the deceased 故 人 gù rén old friend / the deceased 已 故 yǐ gù the late / deceased 逝 者 shì zhě the dead / the deceased 亡 者 wáng zhě the deceased 不 在 bù zài not to be present / to be out / (euphemism) to pass away / to be deceased 古 人 gǔ rén people of ancient times / the ancients / extinct human species such as Homo erectus or Homo neanderthalensis / (literary) deceased person 遗 言 yí yán words of the deceased / last words of the dying / wisdom of past sages 先 祖 xiān zǔ deceased grandfather / ancestry 亡 魂 wáng hún soul of the deceased / departed spirit 在 天 之 灵 zài tiān zhī líng soul and spirit of the deceased 遗 像 yí xiàng portrait of the deceased 出 殡 chū bìn to accompany a deceased person to his last resting place / to hold a funeral 遗 志 yí zhì the mission in life of a deceased person, left to others to carry on 先 父 xiān fù deceased father / my late father 故 友 gù yǒu old friend / deceased friend 遗 族 yí zú the bereaved / family of the deceased 遗 训 yí xùn wishes of the deceased 遗 容 yí róng body of the deceased (esp. in the context of paying one's respects) / picture of the deceased 停 尸 tíng shī to keep the body of the deceased (until burial or cremation) 遗 照 yí zhào picture of the deceased 考 to check / to verify / to test / to examine / to take an exam / to take an entrance exam for / deceased father 中 元 节 Zhōng yuán jié Ghost Festival on 15th day of 7th lunar month when offerings are made to the deceased 讳 to avoid mentioning / taboo word / name of deceased emperor or superior 祢 memorial tablet in a temple commemorating a deceased father 妣 deceased mother 只 鸡 斗 酒 zhī jī dǒu jiǔ lit. a chicken and a bottle of wine (idiom) / fig. ready to make an offering to the deceased, or to entertain guests 斗 酒 只 鸡 dǒu jiǔ zhī jī lit. a chicken and a bottle of wine (idiom) / fig. ready to make an offering to the deceased, or to entertain guests 阴 魂 不 散 yīn hún bù sàn lit. the soul of a deceased has not yet dispersed (idiom) / fig. the influence still lingers on / the spirit (of some doctrine) is still alive 灵 床 líng chuáng bier / bed kept as it was when the deceased was alive 中 元 Zhōng yuán Ghost Festival on 15th day of 7th lunar month when offerings are made to the deceased 亡 母 wáng mǔ deceased mother 伤 悼 shāng dào to grieve for deceased relative / to mourn 先 公 xiān gōng deceased father / deceased senior male figure 先 大 母 xiān dà mǔ deceased paternal grandmother 先 妣 xiān bǐ deceased mother / mother of an ancestor 先 慈 xiān cí deceased mother 奠 仪 diàn yí a gift of money to the family of the deceased 庙 号 miào hào temple name of a deceased Chinese emperor 讳 名 huì míng taboo name / name of deceased 追 荐 zhuī jiàn to pray for the soul of a deceased 显 考 xiǎn kǎo honorific term for one's deceased father / (arch.) great-great-grandfather 遗 产 国 际 管 理 公 约 Convention concerning the International Administration of the Estates of Deceased Persons 死 者 遗 产 继 承 法 律 使 用 公 约 Convention on the Law Applicable to Succession to the Estates of Deceased Persons 家 亲 jiā qīn older generation in one's household (often referring to one's parents) / one's deceased close relatives 捡 骨 jiǎn gǔ bone-gathering, a custom of Fujian and Taiwan in which a son recovers the bones of his deceased father from the grave and places them in an urn for permanent storage at a different location 遗 属 yí shǔ surviving family of the deceased
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