Meaning of 义冢
义冢 means a public grave for unclaimed corpses in former times; potter's field. Pronounced yì zhǒng.
- a public grave for unclaimed corpses in former times; potter's field
Definitions & Examples
Chéng城
wài外
yǒu有
yī一
piàn片
yì义
zhǒng冢
，
zhuān专
mén门
ān安
zàng葬
nà那
xiē些
wú无
jiā家
kě可
guī归
de的
sǐ死
zhě者
。
Outside the city walls there was a potter's field specifically for burying the destitute dead.
Zhè这
xiē些
wú无
zhǔ主
shī尸
gǔ骨
bèi被
hǎo好
xīn心
rén人
shōu收
liàn殓
hòu后
，
tǒng统
yī一
mái埋
rù入
le了
yì义
zhǒng冢
。
After kind-hearted people collected these unclaimed remains, they were interred together in the public burial ground.
Jiù旧
shí时
dì地
fāng方
xiāng乡
shēn绅
cháng常
chū出
zī资
xiū修
zào造
yì义
zhǒng冢
，
yǐ以
ān安
zàng葬
lù路
bì毙
de的
liú流
mín民
。
In former times, local gentry often funded the construction of paupers' graves to bury refugees who had died on the roads.