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 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 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 穷光蛋 窮光蛋 qióng guāng dàn poor wretch / pauper / destitute man / poverty-stricken peasant / penniless good-for-nothing / impecunious vagabond 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 穴位 xué wèi acupuncture point / location of a grave syn 扫墓 掃墓 sǎo mù to sweep a grave (and pay one's respects to the dead person) syn 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 墓葬 mù zàng (archeology) grave / tomb syn 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 严重后果 嚴重後果 yán zhòng hòu guǒ grave consequence / serious repercussion 形势严峻 形勢嚴峻 xíng shì yán jùn in grave difficulties / the situation is grim 自取灭亡 自取滅亡 zì qǔ miè wáng to court disaster (idiom) / to dig one's own grave syn 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 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 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 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 死无葬身之地 死無葬身之地 sǐ wú zàng shēn zhī dì to die without a burial site / to die a pauper / a tragic end 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 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) 万人冢 萬人塚 wàn rén zhǒng mass grave / common grave 蓬居 péng jū pauper's thatched hut 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) 集体坟墓 集體墳墓 jí tǐ fén mù mass grave 丛冢 叢冢 cóng zhǒng mass grave / cluster of graves 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 乱葬岗 亂葬崗 luàn zàng gǎng unmarked burial mound / untended graveyard / mass grave 坟包 墳包 fén bāo grave mound 