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Chinese dictionary
v.move somebody's coffin or ashes to the burial place
她被准许住在村里，直到她父亲起灵为止。
She was suffered to stay at the village till her father's corpse had quitted it.
Word usage
- Separable word"起" and "灵" can be combined as one word, or be used separately with other elements inserted.
起了灵，哀乐就响起了。
As the coffin is buried in the graveyard, the funeral music begins.