liàn
成殓
to encoffin
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Meanings
1 sense · 2 examplesverb
to place a corpse in a coffin; to encoffin
formalA formal and somber term used specifically for funeral rites.
Yí遗
tǐ体
jīng经
guò过
huà化
zhuāng妆
hòu后
，
zhǔn准
bèi备
rù入
liàn殓
。
After the body was made up, they prepared to encoffin it.
Gǔ古
dài代
sāng丧
lǐ礼
zhōng中
，
liàn殓
lǐ礼
shì是
fēi非
cháng常
zhòng重
yào要
de的
yī一
huán环
。
In ancient funeral rites, the encoffining ceremony was a crucial part.