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墳塋

简坟茔 · 繁墳塋

Mandarin · pinyin fén yíng

grave
tomb
graveyard
cemetery
fig. one's native place (where one's ancestors are buried)

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坟: fén · grave, mound; bulge; bulging
茔: yíng · grave, tomb, cemetery

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noun

(literary or regional) grave
(literary or regional) graveyard; cemetery

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