wēng​zhòng

graveyard statuary

  • created sense approved 翁仲 · wēng​zhòng · graveyard statuary — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

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    wēng​zhòng

    graveyard statuary

    (literary) Large stone statues of people or animals placed at the entrance of tombs or palaces. Originates from historical legends of a giant warrior in the Qin Dynasty, later used to describe bronze or stone human figures placed at gates or buried for spiritual protection.

    翁 (literal) → 翁 · wēng · old man 仲 (literal) → 仲 · zhòng · second oldest

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