扫墓
sǎo mù
Pinyin

Definition

扫墓
 - 
sǎo mù
  1. to sweep a grave (and pay one's respects to the dead person)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (17)

  1. 1 grave
  2. 2 tomb
  3. 3 mausoleum
dào mù
  1. 1 to rob a tomb
gōng mù
  1. 1 public cemetery
mù yuán
  1. 1 cemetery
  2. 2 graveyard
mù dì
  1. 1 cemetery
  2. 2 graveyard
mù bēi
  1. 1 gravestone
  2. 2 tombstone
mù zhì míng
  1. 1 epitaph
fén mù
  1. 1 grave
  2. 2 tomb
Gǔ mù Lì yǐng
  1. 1 Tomb Raider (computer game)
mù chǎng
  1. 1 graveyard
mù xué
  1. 1 tomb
  2. 2 grave
mù zàng
  1. 1 (archeology) grave
  2. 2 tomb
mù zàng qún
  1. 1 burial complex (archaeology)
mù zhì
  1. 1 inscribed stone tablet placed in the tomb
  2. 2 memorial inscription on such a tablet
mù dào
  1. 1 path leading to a grave
  2. 2 tomb passage
  3. 3 aisle leading to the coffin chamber of an ancient tomb
sǎo mù
  1. 1 to sweep a grave (and pay one's respects to the dead person)
líng mù
  1. 1 tomb
  2. 2 mausoleum

Idioms (1)

掘墓鞭尸
jué mù biān shī
  1. 1 to exhume a body for public flogging (idiom)

Sample Sentences

七月十五我们一般就是烧点纸钱,再供点儿吃的喝的;清明的时候要扫墓上坟;十月初一要烧用纸做的衣服给先人,因为那时候天冷了。
qīyuèshíwǔ wǒmen yībān jiùshì shāo diǎn zhǐqián ,zài gòng diǎnr5 chī de hē de ;qīngmíng de shíhou yào sǎomù shàngfén ;shíyuèchūyī yào shāo yòng zhǐ zuò de yīfu gěi xiānrén ,yīnwèi nà shíhou tiān lěng le 。
On the fifteen day of the seventh month of the lunar year, we generally just burn a little paper money, as well as some thing for the ghosts to eat or drink. On Tomb-Sweeping Day we go to the cemetery to sweep our ancestors' graves. On Winter Clothing Day, we burn paper clothing for our ancestors, because the weather starts getting colder at that time.
每年都这样来扫墓,明明交了管理费,还是得自己在这边拔草,好浪费时间。
měinián dōu zhèyàng lái sǎomù ,míngmíng jiāo le guǎnlǐ fèi ,háishì děi zìjǐ zài zhèbiān bácǎo ,hǎo làngfèi shíjiān 。
Every time we come to observe Tomb Sweeping Day we have to pull up the weeds ourselves,despite clearly having paid the maintenance fees, what a waste of time.
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淑仪,下午要去扫墓,东西都准备好了没?
shúyī ,xiàwǔ yào qù sǎomù ,dōngxi dōu zhǔnbèi hǎo hǎo le méi ?
Shuyi, this afternoon we have to go tomb sweeping, have you got all the stuff ready?
跟我爸一起去给我爷爷扫墓。
gēn wǒ bà yīqǐ qù gěi wǒ yéye sǎomù 。
I'm going to pay respects to my grandfather's grave with my father.
你不扫墓?
nǐ bù sǎomù ?
You are not going to pay your respects to any graves?
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你清明去扫墓吗?
nǐ Qīngmíng qù sǎomù ma ?
Are you going to pay your respects on Tomb Sweeping Day?
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