严重 嚴重 yán zhòng grave / serious / severe / critical syn 严肃 嚴肅 yán sù (of an atmosphere etc) solemn / grave / serious / (of a manner etc) earnest / severe / exacting / to strictly enforce syn 坟墓 墳墓 fén mù grave / tomb syn 质量 質量 zhì liàng (physics) mass / quality (i.e. degree of excellence) / quality and quantity syn 克拉 kè lā carat (mass) (loanword) 群众 群眾 qún zhòng mass / multitude / the masses syn 公交 gōng jiāo public transportation / mass transit / abbr. for 公共交通[gong1 gong4 jiao1 tong1] 大屠杀 大屠殺 dà tú shā massacre / mass slaughter syn 临终 臨終 lín zhōng approaching one's end / with one foot in the grave syn 重症 zhòng zhèng acute (of medical condition) / grave syn 集结 集結 jí jié to assemble / to concentrate / to mass / to build up / to marshal syn 弥撒 彌撒 mí sa (Catholic) Mass syn 庄重 莊重 zhuāng zhòng grave / solemn / dignified syn 墓穴 mù xué tomb / grave syn 自掘坟墓 自掘墳墓 zì jué fén mù to dig one's own grave syn 出生入死 chū shēng rù sǐ from the cradle to the grave (idiom) / to go through fire and water / brave / willing to risk life and limb syn 深重 shēn zhòng very serious / grave / profound syn 还魂 還魂 huán hún to return from the grave / (old) to recycle (waste products) syn 遍体鳞伤 遍體鱗傷 biàn tǐ lín shāng covered all over with cuts and bruises / beaten black and blue / be a mass of bruises syn 穴位 xué wèi acupuncture point / location of a grave syn 大众化 大眾化 dà zhòng huà mass-oriented / to cater for the masses / popularized 扫墓 掃墓 sǎo mù to sweep a grave (and pay one's respects to the dead person) syn 芸芸众生 芸芸眾生 yún yún zhòng shēng every living being (Buddhism) / the mass of common people 花坛 花壇 huā tán decorative mass planting of flowers and shrubs, often bounded by a low masonry border, and often part of a streetscape syn 气团 氣團 qì tuán air mass 上坟 上墳 shàng fén to visit a grave syn 凝重 níng zhòng dignified / grave (expression) / imposing (attitude) / heavy (atmosphere) / (music etc) deep and resounding syn 冷峻 lěng jùn grave and stern syn 危殆 wēi dài grave danger / in jeopardy / in a critical condition syn 惨祸 慘禍 cǎn huò terrible tragedy / grave mishap 风烛残年 風燭殘年 fēng zhú cán nián one's late days / to have one foot in the grave syn 分子量 fēn zǐ liàng molecular mass 墓葬 mù zàng (archeology) grave / tomb syn 质点 質點 zhì diǎn point mass / particle 陈兵 陳兵 chén bīng to deploy troops / to mass troops 急难 急難 jí nàn misfortune / crisis / grave danger / critical situation / disaster / emergency / to be zealous in helping others out of a predicament syn 墓道 mù dào path leading to a grave / tomb passage / aisle leading to the coffin chamber of an ancient tomb syn 坟茔 墳塋 fén yíng grave / tomb / graveyard / cemetery / fig. one's native place (where one's ancestors are buried) syn 群发 群發 qún fā to send to multiple recipients / mass mailout / to occur in a clustered fashion 严重后果 嚴重後果 yán zhòng hòu guǒ grave consequence / serious repercussion 量产 量產 liàng chǎn to mass-produce 公共交通 gōng gòng jiāo tōng public transport / mass transit 群众性 群眾性 qún zhòng xìng to do with the masses / mass (meeting, movement etc) 繁花 fán huā flourishing blossom / a mass of flowers / luxuriant flowers syn 形势严峻 形勢嚴峻 xíng shì yán jùn in grave difficulties / the situation is grim 人民团体 人民團體 rén mín tuán tǐ people's organization (e.g. labor unions, peasant associations, scholarly associations etc) / mass organization 群众路线 群衆路線 qún zhòng lù xiàn the mass line, CCP term for Party policy aimed at broadening and cultivating contacts with the masses 合众 合眾 hé zhòng mass / involving everyone / united / lit. to assemble the multitude 群体性事件 群體性事件 qún tǐ xìng shì jiàn mass incident (PRC term for incidents of social unrest, including rioting, melees and petition campaigns) 自取灭亡 自取滅亡 zì qǔ miè wáng to court disaster (idiom) / to dig one's own grave syn 质谱 質譜 zhì pǔ mass spectrometry 杂沓 雜沓 zá tà small craftsman (contemptuous) / clatter (e.g. of footsteps) / jumbled mass / press of bodies / tumult syn 民变 民變 mín biàn mass uprising / popular revolt / civil commotion 行将就木 行將就木 xíng jiāng jiù mù to approach one's coffin (idiom) / with one foot in the grave syn 室 shì room / work unit / grave / scabbard / family or clan / one of the 28 constellations of Chinese astronomy syn 堆 duī to pile up / to heap up / a mass / pile / heap / stack / large amount syn 墓 mù grave / tomb / mausoleum syn 坟 墳 fén grave / tomb / CL:座[zuo4] / embankment / mound / ancient book syn 庄 莊 zhuāng farmstead / village / manor / place of business / banker (in a gambling game) / grave or solemn / holdings of a landlord (in imperial China) syn 质谱仪 質譜儀 zhì pǔ yí mass spectrometer 圣体 聖體 shèng tǐ the Emperor's body / Jesus' body / communion wafer (in Christian mass) 原子量 yuán zǐ liàng atomic weight / atomic mass 大灭绝 大滅絕 dà miè jué mass extinction 捷运 捷運 jié yùn (Tw) mass rapid transit (MRT) / subway 英石 yīng dàn stone (British unit of mass equal to 14 pounds (about 6.3 kilograms)) 垄 壟 lǒng ridge between fields / crop row / mounded soil forming a ridge in a field / grave mound syn 茔 塋 yíng (literary) a grave syn 窆 biǎn to put a coffin in the grave 由始至终 由始至終 yóu shǐ zhì zhōng cradle to grave syn 特克斯 tè kè sī (textiles) (loanword) tex, a unit for the linear mass density of a fiber (abbr. to 特[te4]) 大敌当前 大敵當前 dà dí dāng qián facing a powerful enemy (idiom) / fig. confronting grave difficulties / Enemy at the Gates, 1991 movie by Jean-Jacques Annaud syn 大逆不道 dà nì bù dào disgraceful (of behavior that is unfilial, rebellious or otherwise in grave breach of the norms of society) syn 众口铄金 眾口鑠金 zhòng kǒu shuò jīn lit. public opinion is powerful enough to melt metal (idiom) / fig. public clamor can obscure the actual truth / mass spreading of rumors can confuse right and wrong 坟山 墳山 fén shān hill cemetery / graveyard / grave / grave mound / low wall at the back of a traditional tomb syn 宿草 sù cǎo grass that has grown on a grave since last year / (fig.) grave / to have died long ago / fodder provided to animals for the night 挖坟 挖墳 wā fén to dig a grave / (lit.) to dig up a grave / (fig.) (slang) to dig up an old thread (in an online forum etc) 热电离质谱测定法 rè diàn lí zhì pǔ cè dìng fǎ thermal ionization mass spectrometry / surface ionization mass spectrometry 电子轰击质谱仪 electron bombardment mass spectrometer / electron impact mass spectrometer 扇形磁场质谱仪 扇形磁場質譜儀 magnetic sector mass spectrometer / magnetic mass spectrometer 墦 fán a grave 襚 suì grave-clothes 大限临头 大限臨頭 dà xiàn lín tóu facing the end (idiom) / at the end of one's life / with one foot in the grave 威容 wēi róng grave and dignified 扶箕 fú jī planchette writing (for taking dictation from beyond the grave) / Ouija board 掘墓工人 jué mù gōng rén grave digger 沉凝 chén níng stagnant / congealed / fig. grave in manner / low (of voice) syn 谒访 謁訪 yè fǎng to pay one's respects / to visit (ancestral grave) 犯下或下令犯下严重违约行为 commit or order the commission of grave breaches 大条 大條 dà tiáo (used to modify 事情[shi4 qing5]) serious / grave 坆 fén variant of 墳|坟[fen2] / grave / tomb 危困 wēi kùn grave situation 棺材瓤子 guān cai ráng zi geezer with one foot in the grave (used jokingly or as an imprecation) 坟穴 墳穴 fén xué grave 捡骨 撿骨 jiǎn gǔ bone-gathering, a custom of Fujian and Taiwan in which a son recovers the bones of his deceased father from the grave and places them in an urn for permanent storage at a different location 义冢 義塚 yì zhǒng potter's field / pauper's grave 坟包 墳包 fén bāo grave mound 