崖葬
yá​zàng

cliff burial

  • created reference approved 崖葬 → 悬棺葬/懸棺葬 (same_as) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    崖葬 yá​zàng

    悬棺葬 / 懸棺葬 xuán​guān​zàng

    same_as

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    created reference

  • created sense approved 崖葬 · yá​zàng · cliff burial — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    崖葬

    yá​zàng

    cliff burial

    An ancient burial custom practiced by some ethnic groups in southern China, involving the placement of a coffin into a cave, a crevice, or on wooden stakes driven into a cliff face. Also known as [[悬棺葬|懸棺葬|xuan2 guan1 zang4]].

    崖 (literal) → 崖 · yá · cliff 葬 (literal) → 葬 · zàng · burial

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

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