mù​mù​yǐ​gǒng

long deceased

  • created sense approved 墓木已拱 · mù​mù​yǐ​gǒng · long deceased — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    墓木已拱

    mù​mù​yǐ​gǒng

    long deceased

    Literally meaning that the trees on a person's grave have grown large enough to be spanned by one's arms; used to describe someone who has been dead for a long time.

    墓木 (literal) → 墓木 · mù​mù · tomb trees 已 (literal) → 已 · yǐ · already 拱 (literal) → 拱 · gǒng · span

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