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grave

Character Composition


Characters

Pinyin

fen2mu4 • fénmù

Meaning


Primary

grave

Alternatives

tomb

Mnemonic


A 墓 grave is a 坟墓 tomb, a 坟 tomb is a 坟墓 grave. Both work. We'll use 坟墓 grave as the primary meaning as it is a bit more general, though.

Usage


他 把 花 放 在 母亲 的 坟墓 前。

He placed flowers in front of his mother's grave.

山坡 上 有 几 座 古老 的 坟墓。

There are several old graves on the hillside.

这 座 坟墓 已经 有 一百 年 的 历史。

This grave is already a hundred years old.

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