悬棺葬
xuán​guān​zàng

hanging coffin burial

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

    悬棺葬 / 懸棺葬 xuán​guān​zàng

    崖葬 yá​zàng

    same_as

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 悬棺葬/懸棺葬 · xuán​guān​zàng · hanging coffin burial — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    悬棺葬 / 懸棺葬

    xuán​guān​zàng

    hanging coffin burial

    An ancient funeral custom practiced by ethnic minorities in southern China, where coffins were placed on wooden stakes driven into high cliffs or tucked into caves and crevices; also called [[崖葬|崖葬|ya2 zang4]]

    悬 (literal) → 悬/懸 · xuán · to hang 棺 (literal) → 棺 · guān · coffin 葬 (literal) → 葬 · zàng · burial

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

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