skeleton; remains; corpse
Meanings
2 senses · 6 examplesnoun
skeleton; bones of a decomposed body; remains
Refers specifically to the skeletal remains after decomposition.
After that great fire, the victims were completely incinerated without a trace of remains.
Archaeologists discovered thousand-year-old skeletal remains in this ancient tomb site.
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The battlefield was littered with bones in every direction, too horrible to behold.
noun
corpse; dead body (figurative)
literaryUsed figuratively to refer to the dead body itself, often in set phrases like 尸骨未寒.
Before their father's body was even cold, the brothers began fighting over the family inheritance.
Before the old general's body had even cooled, the political climate in the court had already shifted dramatically.
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The ancients emphasized the proper burial of remains, believing that interment in the earth brings peace to the dead.