土葬
tǔ zàng
Pinyin

Definition

土葬
 - 
tǔ zàng
  1. burial (in earth)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

土
Tǔ
  1. 1 Tu (ethnic group)
  2. 2 surname Tu
土地
tǔ dì
  1. 1 land
  2. 2 soil
  3. 3 territory
  4. 4 CL:片[piàn],塊|块[kuài]
土豆
tǔ dòu
  1. 1 potato
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
  3. 3 (Tw) peanut
  4. 4 CL:顆|颗[kē]
下葬
xià zàng
  1. 1 to bury
  2. 2 to inter
入土
rù tǔ
  1. 1 to bury
  2. 2 buried
  3. 3 interred
出土
chū tǔ
  1. 1 to dig up
  2. 2 to appear in an excavation
  3. 3 unearthed
  4. 4 to come up out of the ground
动土
dòng tǔ
  1. 1 to break ground (prior to building sth)
  2. 2 to start building
卷土重来
juǎn tǔ chóng lái
  1. 1 lit. to return in a swirl of dust (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to regroup and come back even stronger
  3. 3 to make a comeback
国土
guó tǔ
  1. 1 country's territory
  2. 2 national land
土人
tǔ rén
  1. 1 native
  2. 2 aborigine
  3. 3 clay figure
土包子
tǔ bāo zi
  1. 1 country bumpkin
  2. 2 boor
  3. 3 unsophisticated country person (humble, applied to oneself)
  4. 4 burial mound
土匪
tǔ fěi
  1. 1 bandit
土司
tǔ sī
  1. 1 sliced bread (loanword from "toast")
  2. 2 government-appointed hereditary tribal headman in the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties
土壤
tǔ rǎng
  1. 1 soil
土家族
Tǔ jiā zú
  1. 1 Tujia ethnic group of Hunan
土方
tǔ fāng
  1. 1 cubic meter of earth (unit of measurement)
  2. 2 excavated soil
  3. 3 earthwork (abbr. for 土方工程[tǔ fāng gōng chéng])
  4. 4 (TCM) folk remedy
土星
Tǔ xīng
  1. 1 Saturn (planet)
土木
tǔ mù
  1. 1 building
  2. 2 construction
  3. 3 civil engineering
土楼
tǔ lóu
  1. 1 traditional Hakka communal residence in Fujian, typically a large multi-story circular structure built around a central shrine
土气
tǔ qì
  1. 1 rustic
  2. 2 uncouth
  3. 3 unsophisticated

Idioms (20)

入土为安
rù tǔ wéi ān
  1. 1 buried and at rest (idiom); Resquiescat in pacem (RIP)
兵来将挡，水来土掩
bīng lái jiàng dǎng , shuǐ lái tǔ yǎn
  1. 1 counter soldiers with arms, water with an earth weir (idiom); different situations call for different action
  2. 2 to adopt measures appropriate to the actual situation
兵来将敌，水来土堰
bīng lái jiàng dí , shuǐ lái tǔ yàn
  1. 1 counter soldiers with arms, water with an earth weir (idiom); different situations call for different action
  2. 2 to adopt measures appropriate to the actual situation
卷土重来
juǎn tǔ chóng lái
  1. 1 lit. to return in a swirl of dust (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to regroup and come back even stronger
  3. 3 to make a comeback
土木形骸
tǔ mù xíng hái
  1. 1 earth and wood framework (idiom); plain and undecorated body
土洋结合
tǔ yáng jié hé
  1. 1 combining native and foreign methods (idiom); sophisticated and many-sided
土牛木马
tǔ niú mù mǎ
  1. 1 clay ox, wooden horse (idiom); shape without substance
  2. 2 worthless object
土豪劣绅
tǔ háo liè shēn
  1. 1 local bosses, shady gentry (idiom); dominant local mafia
土阶茅屋
tǔ jiē máo wū
  1. 1 lit. earthen steps and a small cottage
  2. 2 frugal living conditions (idiom)
土阶茅茨
tǔ jiē máo cí
  1. 1 lit. earthen steps and a thatched hut
  2. 2 frugal living conditions (idiom)
守土有责
shǒu tǔ yǒu zé
  1. 1 duty to defend the country (idiom)
寸土寸金
cùn tǔ cùn jīn
  1. 1 land is extremely expensive (in that area) (idiom)
挥金如土
huī jīn rú tǔ
  1. 1 lit. to squander money like dirt (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to spend money like water
  3. 3 extravagant
灰头土脸
huī tóu tǔ liǎn
  1. 1 head and face filthy with grime (idiom)
  2. 2 covered in dirt
  3. 3 dejected and depressed
皇天后土
huáng tiān hòu tǔ
  1. 1 heaven and earth (idiom)
积土成山
jī tǔ chéng shān
  1. 1 lit. piling up dirt eventually creates a mountain (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. success is the cumulation of lots of small actions
葬玉埋香
zàng yù mái xiāng
  1. 1 lit. burying jade and interring incense (idiom); funeral for a beautiful person
面如土色
miàn rú tǔ sè
  1. 1 ashen-faced (idiom)
面如灰土
miàn rú huī tǔ
  1. 1 ashen-faced (idiom)
面色如土
miàn sè rú tǔ
  1. 1 ashen-faced (idiom)

Sample Sentences

我不是这个意思，我们纪念父母是应该的，不过现代人生活形态跟以前不一样了，再加上人口增加、土地越来越宝贵，土葬真的是很不环保的一种方式。
wǒ bùshì zhè ge yìsi ，wǒmen jìniàn fùmǔ shì yīnggāi de ，bùguò xiàndài rén shēnghuóxíngtài gēn yǐqián bù yīyàng le ，zài jiāshang rénkǒu zēngjiā 、tǔdì yuèláiyuè bǎoguì ，tǔzàng zhēnde shì hěnbù huánbǎo de yīzhǒng fāngshì 。
I didn't mean that, we should remember our parents, but people's lifestyles these days aren't like before. As the population expands and land becomes more and more valuable, burial is really not very environmentally friendly.
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可是土葬是爸妈的心愿啊，人死了就是要入土为安，我们做子女的本来就该体贴父母的心意。
kěshì tǔzàng shì bàmā de xīnyuàn ā ，rén sǐ le jiùshì yào rù tǔ wèi ān ，wǒmen zuò zǐnǚ de běnlái jiù gāi tǐtiē fùmǔ de xīnyì 。
But mum and dad wanted to be buried. People can only rest in peace when they're put in the ground. As sons and daughters, we have to consider the wishes of our parents.
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树葬听说比土葬还贵，我觉得大家只是赶潮流。
shùzàng tīngshuō bǐ tǔzàng hái guì ，wǒ juéde dàjiā zhǐshì gǎn cháoliú 。
I hear tree burials are even more expensive than ordinary burials, I think everyone is just going with the trend.
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哦，清明节祭扫先人，应该的。你爷爷是土葬的吗？
ò ，Qīngmíngjié jìsǎo xiānrén ，yīnggāi de 。nǐ yéye shì tǔzàng de ma ？
Ah, cleaning up your ancestor's grave on Tomb Sweeping Day, that makes sense. Was your grandfather buried?
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拜托，上海怎么会允许土葬？活人都没地方住！当然是火化了。
bàituō ，Shànghǎi zěnme huì yǔnxǔ tǔzàng ？huórén dōu méi dìfang zhù ！dāngrán shì huǒhuà le 。
Oh, come on. How could Shanghai allow burial? Living people don't even have enough space to live! Of course he was cremated.
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得了，你有个性。你们老家那边可以土葬？
dé le ，nǐ yǒu gèxìng 。nǐmen lǎojiā nàbiān kěyǐ tǔzàng ？
Well then, you certainly have personality. Are you allowed to bury in your hometown?
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