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  • 1

    v.dated(of figurines or objects) be buried with the dead

    • zhè shì gǔ dài yòng lái péi zàng de sù xiàng

      古代用来陪葬塑像

      They are statues used to accompany the dead.

  • 2

    v.dated(of a wife, concubine or slave) be buried alive with the dead; (of a wife, concubine) be buried close to her husband's grave after her death

    • zhè ge qī zi gěi tā sǐ qù de zhàng fū péi zàng le

      这个妻子死去丈夫陪葬

      The wife was buried close to her husband's grave after her death.

  • 3

    v.dated(of ministers of a monarch) be buried close to the emperor's grave after their deaths

    • zài gǔ dài huáng dì qù shì huì yǒu hěn duō rén yī qǐ péi zàng

      古代皇帝去世很多一起陪葬

      In ancient times, when the emperor died, many people would be buried together.