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grave

Character Composition


Characters

Pinyin

fen2mu4 fénmù

Meaning


Primary

grave

Alternatives

tomb

Mnemonic


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

Usage


自掘墳墓

dig one's own grave

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