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棺guān材cai
  1. coffin; CL:具[ju4],口[kou3]

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棺木guān mù

coffin

石棺shí guān

sarcophagus

棺guān

coffin

冰棺bīng guān

coffin-shaped freezer used to store a corpse

棺椁guān guǒ

inner and outer coffins; coffin

灵棺líng guān

a bier; a catafalque (memorial platform); a coffin

瓮棺wèng guān

funerary urn

棺材板guān cai bǎn

wooden board used to make a coffin (also refers to the coffin itself); (fig.) (of a facial expression) grim; unsmiling; coffin bread, a Taiwanese snack consisting of a thick slab of bread, fried or toasted, then hollowed out, filled with a thick stew, and capped with a "coffin lid" (slice of fried bread)

瓮棺葬wèng guān zàng

urn burial

棺材瓤子guān cai ráng zi

geezer with one foot in the grave (used jokingly or as an imprecation)

盖棺定论gài guān dìng lùn

don't pass judgment on a person's life until the lid is on the coffin (idiom)

盖棺论定gài guān lùn dìng

don't pass judgment on a person's life until the lid is on the coffin (idiom)

不见棺材不落泪bù jiàn guān cai bù luò lèi

lit. not to shed a tear until one sees the coffin (idiom); fig. refuse to be convinced until one is faced with grim reality

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