殉葬 xùn zàng (of servants etc) to be buried alive with the deceased / (of utensils etc) to be buried with the dead syn 兵马俑 兵馬俑 bīng mǎ yǒng figurines of warriors and horses buried with the dead / Terracotta Army (historic site) syn 陪葬 péi zàng to be buried with or next to dead person (of deceased's partner, or of funerary objects) syn 陶俑 táo yǒng a pottery figurine buried with the dead 殉 xùn to be buried with the dead / to die for a cause syn 俑 yǒng wooden figures buried with the dead syn 垟 yáng clay sheep buried with the dead 陪葬品 péi zàng pǐn funerary objects (items buried together with the dead) 幽明 yōu míng the hidden and the visible / that which can be seen and that which cannot / darkness and light / night and day / wisdom and ignorance / evil and good / the living and the dead / men and ghosts 幽明 yōu - míng the hidden and the visible / that which can be seen and that which cannot / darkness and light / night and day / wisdom and ignorance / evil and good / the living and the dead / men and ghosts 死无对证 死無對證 sǐ wú duì zhèng the dead cannot testify (idiom) / dead men tell no tales 要死不活 yào sǐ bù huó half dead / more dead than alive syn 止点 止點 zhǐ diǎn (mechanical engineering) dead point / dead center 水仙 shuǐ xiān narcissus / daffodil / legendary aquatic immortal / refers to those buried at sea / person who wanders abroad and does not return 潜藏 潛藏 qián cáng hidden beneath the surface / buried and concealed syn 入土为安 入土為安 rù tǔ wéi ān buried and at rest (idiom) / Resquiescat in pacem (RIP) syn 水僊 shuǐ xiān variant of 水仙, narcissus / daffodil / legendary aquatic immortal / refers to those buried at sea / person who wanders abroad and does not return 葬身 zàng shēn to bury a corpse / to be buried / (fig.) to die (at sea, in a fire etc) syn 长眠 長眠 cháng mián (euphemism) to rest eternally / to lie buried in (one's final resting place) syn 入土 rù tǔ to bury / buried / interred syn 坟茔 墳塋 fén yíng grave / tomb / graveyard / cemetery / fig. one's native place (where one's ancestors are buried) syn 马革裹尸 馬革裹屍 mǎ gé guǒ shī to be buried in a horse hide (idiom) / to give one's life on the battlefield syn 葬身鱼腹 葬身魚腹 zàng shēn yú fù lit. to be buried in the bellies of fish (idiom) / fig. to drown 墓主 mù zhǔ occupant of tomb / person buried 桐人 tóng rén puppet burial object / wooden effigy buried to put a curse on sb 桐木偶 tóng mù ǒu puppet burial object / wooden effigy buried to put a curse on sb 殉死 xùn sǐ to be buried alive as sacrifice (together with husband or superior) 地下雷 buried mine 掩埋雷 buried mine 埋孔 mái kǒng (electronics) buried via 家破人亡 jiā pò rén wáng family bankrupt and the people dead (idiom) / ruined and orphaned / destitute and homeless syn 小强 小強 xiǎo qiáng (slang) cockroach ("Little Qiang" was originally the name given to a dead cockroach that had supposedly been a pet of the lead character in the 1993 Hong Kong comedy movie "Flirting Scholar". Subsequently, it came to be used as a name for any cockroach, and also for characters in film and television who are seemingly indestructible or repeatedly resurrected.) 再生 zài shēng to be reborn / to regenerate / to be a second so-and-so (famous dead person) / recycling / regeneration syn 死伤 死傷 sǐ shāng casualties / dead and injured syn 射杀 射殺 shè shā to shoot dead (with a gun, or bow and arrow) 扫墓 掃墓 sǎo mù to sweep a grave (and pay one's respects to the dead person) syn 鸡飞蛋打 雞飛蛋打 jī fēi dàn dǎ the chicken has flown the coop and the eggs are broken / a dead loss (idiom) syn 冥婚 míng hūn posthumous or ghost marriage (in which at least one of the bride and groom is dead) 着手成春 著手成春 zhuó shǒu chéng chūn lit. set out and it becomes spring (idiom) / to effect a miracle cure (of medical operation) / to bring back the dead / once it starts, everything goes well 靡有孑遗 靡有孑遺 mǐ yǒu jié yí all dead and no survivors 死伤者 死傷者 sǐ shāng zhě casualty (of an accident) / dead and wounded 厚死薄生 hòu sǐ bó shēng lit. to praise the dead and revile the living / fig. to live in the past (idiom) 国际死伤工人纪念日 國際死傷工人紀念日 guó jì sǐ shāng gōng rén jì niàn rì International Commemoration Day for Dead and Injured Workers 黑白无常 黑白無常 hēi bái wú cháng (Chinese folk religion) Heibai Wuchang: two deities, one dressed in black and the other in white, responsible for escorting the spirits of the dead to the underworld 夭寿 夭壽 yāo shòu to die young / (Tw) (curse word) drop dead / go to hell / (literary) short life and long life 尸体 屍體 shī tǐ corpse / dead body syn 好事 hǎo shì good action, deed, thing or work (also sarcastic, "a fine thing indeed") / charity / happy occasion / Daoist or Buddhist ceremony for the souls of the dead syn 没了 沒了 méi le to be dead / not to be, or cease to exist 死人 sǐ rén dead person / (coll.) to die / (of a death) to happen syn 死者 sǐ zhě the dead / the deceased syn 落叶 落葉 luò yè dead leaves / to lose leaves (of plants) / deciduous 千古 qiān gǔ for all eternity / throughout all ages / eternity (used in an elegiac couplet, wreath etc dedicated to the dead) syn 去死 qù sǐ go to hell! / drop dead! 遗体 遺體 yí tǐ remains (of a dead person) syn 靖国神社 靖國神社 jìng guó shén shè Yasukuni Shrine, Shinto shrine in Tokyo to Japanese war dead, controversial as burial ground of several Class A war criminals 击毙 擊斃 jī bì to kill / to shoot dead 白骨 bái gǔ bones of the dead syn 半死 bàn sǐ half dead (of torment, hunger, tiredness etc) / (tired) to death / (terrified) out of one's wits / (beaten) to within an inch of one's life / (knock) the daylights out of sb syn 死角 sǐ jiǎo gap in coverage / gap in protection or defenses / neglected or overlooked area / dead end 不在了 bù zài le to be dead / to have passed away 死路 sǐ lù dead end / (fig.) the road to disaster syn 异物 異物 yì wù rarity / rare delicacy / foreign matter / alien body / the dead / ghost / monstrosity / alien life-form syn 幽魂 yōu hún ghost / spirit (of the dead) syn 夜深人静 夜深人靜 yè shēn rén jìng in the dead of night (idiom) syn 枪毙 槍斃 qiāng bì to execute by firing squad / to shoot dead / fig. to discard / to get rid of syn 死尸 死屍 sǐ shī corpse / dead body syn 安葬 ān zàng to bury (the dead) syn 尸骨 屍骨 shī gǔ skeleton of the dead syn 枪杀 槍殺 qiāng shā to shoot dead 风平浪静 風平浪靜 fēng píng làng jìng lit. breeze is still, waves are quiet (idiom) / tranquil environment / all is quiet / a dead calm (at sea) syn 没电 沒電 méi diàn discharged / flat / dead (of batteries) 痛不欲生 tòng bù yù shēng to be so in pain as to not want to live / to be so grieved as to wish one were dead syn 死心塌地 sǐ xīn tā dì to be hell-bent on / dead set on sth / unswerving syn 起死回生 qǐ sǐ huí shēng to rise from the dead (idiom) / fig. an unexpected recovery syn 清明节 清明節 qīng míng jié Qingming or Pure Brightness Festival or Tomb Sweeping Day, celebration for the dead (in early April) 尸首 屍首 shī shou corpse / carcass / dead body syn 枯叶 枯葉 kū yè dead leaf / withered leaf 尸身 shī shēn corpse / dead body syn 末路 mò lù dead end / impasse / end of the road / final days syn 死气沉沉 死氣沉沉 sǐ qì chén chén dead atmosphere / lifeless / spiritless syn 早死 zǎo sǐ to die while still relatively young / to have been dead (for some years) 死胡同 sǐ hú tòng dead end / blind alley syn 假死 jiǎ sǐ suspended animation / feigned death / to play dead syn 枯木 kū mù dead tree 死海 sǐ hǎi the Dead Sea 深更半夜 shēn gēng bàn yè in the dead of night (idiom) syn 颅骨 顱骨 lú gǔ skull (of a dead body) syn 遗骸 遺骸 yí hái (dead) human remains syn 纸钱 紙錢 zhǐ qián ritual money made of paper burnt for the Gods or the dead 逝者 shì zhě the dead / the deceased 酩酊大醉 mǐng dǐng dà zuì dead drunk / as drunk as a lord syn 烂醉 爛醉 làn zuì dead drunk / completely drunk 遗骨 遺骨 yí gǔ (dead) human remains syn 倒卧 倒臥 dǎo wò to lie down / to drop dead 载重量 載重量 zài zhòng liàng dead weight / weight capacity of a vehicle 倒毙 倒斃 dǎo bì to fall dead 具 jù tool / device / utensil / equipment / instrument / talent / ability / to possess / to have / to provide / to furnish / to state / classifier for devices, coffins, dead bodies syn 正当中 正當中 zhèng dāng zhōng dead center / the very middle syn 明日黄花 明日黃花 míng rì huáng huā lit. chrysanthemums after the Double Ninth Festival (idiom) / fig. outdated / thing of the past / dead letter syn 