"Grave" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 严重 | yán zhòng | grave / serious / severe / critical |   |
| 严肃 | yán sù | (of an atmosphere etc) solemn / grave / serious / (of a manner etc) earnest / severe / exacting / to strictly enforce | |
| 坟墓 | fén mù | grave / tomb | |
| 庄重 | zhuāng zhòng | grave / solemn / dignified | |
| 凝重 | níng zhòng | dignified / grave (expression) / imposing (attitude) / heavy (atmosphere) / (music etc) deep and resounding | |
| 重症 | zhòng zhèng | acute (of medical condition) / grave | |
| 深重 | shēn zhòng | very serious / grave / profound | |
| 墓葬 | mù zàng | (archeology) grave / tomb | |
| 墓穴 | mù xué | tomb / grave | |
| 坟茔 | fén yíng | grave / tomb / graveyard / cemetery / fig. one's native place (where one's ancestors are buried) | |
| 室 |  shì | room / work unit / grave / scabbard / family or clan / one of the 28 constellations of Chinese astronomy | |
| 墓 | mù | grave / tomb / mausoleum | |
| 坟 | fén | grave / tomb / CL:座[zuo4] / embankment / mound / ancient book | |
| 茔 | yíng | (literary) a grave | |
| 墦 | fán | a grave | |
| 坟山 | fén shān | hill cemetery / graveyard / grave / grave mound / low wall at the back of a traditional tomb | |
| 宿草 | sù cǎo | grass that has grown on a grave since last year / (fig.) grave / to have died long ago / fodder provided to animals for the night | |
| 大条 | dà tiáo | (used to modify 事情[shi4 qing5]) serious / grave | |
| 坆 | fén | variant of 墳|坟[fen2] / grave / tomb | |
| 坟穴 | fén xué | grave | |
| 临终 | lín zhōng | approaching one's end / with one foot in the grave | |
| 穴位 | xué wèi | acupuncture point / location of a grave | |
| 严重后果 | yán zhòng hòu guǒ | grave consequence / serious repercussion | |
| 冷峻 | lěng jùn | grave and stern | |
| 扫墓 | sǎo mù | to sweep a grave (and pay one's respects to the dead person) | |
| 出生入死 | chū shēng rù sǐ | from the cradle to the grave (idiom) / to go through fire and water / brave / willing to risk life and limb | |
| 形势严峻 | xíng shì yán jùn | in grave difficulties / the situation is grim | |
| 还魂 | huán hún | to return from the grave / (old) to recycle (waste products) | |
| 急难 | jí nàn | misfortune / crisis / grave danger / critical situation / disaster / emergency / to be zealous in helping others out of a predicament | |
| 上坟 | shàng fén | to visit a grave | |
| 惨祸 | cǎn huò | terrible tragedy / grave mishap | |
| 自取灭亡 | zì qǔ miè wáng | to court disaster (idiom) / to dig one's own grave | |
| 墓道 | mù dào | path leading to a grave / tomb passage / aisle leading to the coffin chamber of an ancient tomb | |
| 风烛残年 | fēng zhú cán nián | one's late days / to have one foot in the grave | |
| 自掘坟墓 | zì jué fén mù | to dig one's own grave | |
| 危殆 | wēi dài | grave danger / in jeopardy / in a critical condition | |
| 行将就木 | xíng jiāng jiù mù | to approach one's coffin (idiom) / with one foot in the grave | |
| 庄 | zhuāng | farmstead / village / manor / place of business / banker (in a gambling game) / grave or solemn / holdings of a landlord (in imperial China) | |
| 垄 | lǒng | ridge between fields / crop row / mounded soil forming a ridge in a field / grave mound | |
| 窆 | biǎn | to put a coffin in the grave | |
| 大敌当前 | dà dí dāng qián | facing a powerful enemy (idiom) / fig. confronting grave difficulties / Enemy at the Gates, 1991 movie by Jean-Jacques Annaud | |
| 大逆不道 | dà nì bù dào | disgraceful (of behavior that is unfilial, rebellious or otherwise in grave breach of the norms of society) | |
| 由始至终 | yóu shǐ zhì zhōng | cradle to grave | |
| 大限临头 | dà xiàn lín tóu | facing the end (idiom) / at the end of one's life / with one foot in the grave | |
| 威容 | wēi róng | grave and dignified | |
| 掘墓工人 | jué mù gōng rén | grave digger | |
| 沉凝 | chén níng | stagnant / congealed / fig. grave in manner / low (of voice) | |
| 集体坟墓 | jí tǐ fén mù | mass grave | |
| 丛冢 | cóng zhǒng | mass grave / cluster of graves | |
| 犯下或下令犯下严重违约行为 | commit or order the commission of grave breaches | | |
| 危困 | wēi kùn | grave situation | |
| 棺材瓤子 | guān cai ráng zi | geezer with one foot in the grave (used jokingly or as an imprecation) | |
| 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 | |
| 义冢 | yì zhǒng | potter's field / pauper's grave | |
| 乱葬岗 | luàn zàng gǎng | unmarked burial mound / untended graveyard / mass grave | |
| 坟包 | fén bāo | grave mound | |
| 挖坟 | wā fén | to dig a grave / (lit.) to dig up a grave / (fig.) (slang) to dig up an old thread (in an online forum etc) | |
| 万人冢 | wàn rén zhǒng | mass grave / common grave | |
