"Remains" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 yí tǐ remains (of a dead person)
 cán hái remains / wreckage
 yí tuì to shed skin / to leave one's mortal envelope / remains (of a priest)
 gǔ jìn bones and ashes / remains (after Buddhist cremation)
 yí jì trace / vestige / historical remains / remnant
 miàn mù quán fēi nothing remains the same (idiom) / change beyond recognition
 hái gǔ skeleton / skeletal remains
 yí hái (dead) human remains
 yí gǔ (dead) human remains
 shǒu jié faithful (to the memory of betrothed) / constant (of widow who remains unmarried)
 bǎo dāo bù lǎo lit. a good sword always remains sharp (idiom) / fig. (of one's skills etc) to be as good as ever / the old man still has it
 jùn remains of a sacrifice or a meal
 míng cún shí wáng the name remains, but the reality is gone (idiom)
 dà yǒng ruò qiè a great hero may appear timid (idiom) / the really brave person remains level-headed
 cán chá shèng fàn spoilt tea, leftover food (idiom) / remains after a meal / crumbs from the feast
 yǎn bù jiàn wéi jìng what remains unseen is deemed to be clean / what the eye doesn't see, the heart doesn't grieve over (idiom)
 ǒu duàn sī lián lit. lotus roots may break, but the fiber remains joined (idiom) / lovers part, but still long for one another
 fù cháo wú wán luǎn lit. when the nest overturns no egg remains intact / no member escapes unscathed from a family disaster (idiom)
 cán yú (n) remains after a disaster / remnants
 jùn remains of a sacrifice or a meal
 lì shǐ yí jì historical remains / historic monuments
 gǔ shi skeletal remains / Taiwan pr. [gu3 zhi2]
  Understanding on the Return of Korean War Remains
  recovery of human remains
  joint remains recovery operations
 shù zàng burial of cremated remains at the foot of a tree
 luò huā yǒu yì , liú shuǐ wú qíng lit. the falling flowers are yearning for love, but the heartless brook ripples on (idiom) / fig. one side is willing, yet the other one remains indifferent (usually of unrequited love)
 yí cún historical remains / things that have survived since ancient times / (of such things) to survive
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