粵

葬zong3身san1

zong3 san1zàng shēn

English

  1. to bury a corpse
  2. to be buried
  3. (fig.) to die (at sea, in a fire etc)
  4. to be buried
  5. to die at a certain place, usually one that renders the body unrecoverable

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 埋葬遺體
  2. 喺某一個地方死咗,特別係揾唔返屍體嘅

Examples

  • 葬身大海

    to die at sea

  • 死無葬身之地

    to die without a burial ground ----

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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