jìn

殣

Character · Verb

bury; die of starvation

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Meanings

2 senses · 4 examples
1.

verb

to bury; to inter

literary

A formal, classical term for burying the dead, often found in literary or historical texts.

Dào道
jìn殣
xiāng相
wàng望
 。

The dead are seen lying along the road (waiting to be buried).

Yě野
yǒu有
è饿
piǎo殍
 ，
mín民
bù不
néng能
jìn殣
 。

There are corpses of the starved in the wild, but the people cannot bury them.

2.

verb

to die of starvation; to starve to death

literary

Specifically refers to dying from hunger; used as a verb or in compounds referring to a starved corpse.

Suì岁
dà大
jī饥
 ，
mín民
duō多
jìn殣
 。

In a year of great famine, many people starved to death.

È饿
jìn殣
biàn遍
yě野
 。

Starved corpses littered the fields.