xùn zàng

殉 葬

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v.be buried alive with the dead; ancient custom which forced a dead person's wife, concubines and slaves to be buried together with his remains
- xùn zàng de nú lì
  殉葬的奴隶
  slaves buried alive with their deceased masters
synonym
péi zàng陪葬
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v.meta(of people) perish with the old ideas, systems and things that have declined or disappeared
- nǐ zhè yàng zuò jiǎn zhí jiù shì zài zuò jiù zhì dù de xùn zàng pǐn
  你这样做简直就是在做旧制度的殉葬品。
  What you are doing is burying yourself alive with the old system.

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