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 room / work unit / grave / scabbard / family or clan / one of the 28 constellations of Chinese astronomy 墓 grave / tomb / mausoleum 坟 grave / tomb / CL:座[zuo4] / embankment / mound / ancient book 茔 (literary) a grave 墦 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 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 farmstead / village / manor / place of business / banker (in a gambling game) / grave or solemn / holdings of a landlord (in imperial China) 垄 ridge between fields / crop row / mounded soil forming a ridge in a field / grave mound 窆 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 
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