yì

瘗

Character · VerbTraditional瘞

bury; inter; conceal

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Meanings

1 sense · 3 examples
1.

verb

to bury; to inter; to conceal by burying (literary)

literary

Classical Chinese term used in historical texts for burying objects, sacrifices, or the dead. Often appears in compound words like 瘞埋.

Gǔ古
shí时
yǒu有
yì瘞
mái埋
jì祭
pǐn品
de的
xí习
sú俗
 。

In ancient times, there was a custom of burying sacrificial offerings.

Yì瘞
yù玉
mái埋
xiāng香
hé何
chù处
shì是
 ，
bù不
kān堪
zhòng重
wèn问
jiù旧
bēi碑
míng铭
 。

Where lies the buried jade and interred fragrance, I cannot bear to ask again of the old stone inscriptions.

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Yì瘞
cáng藏
zhēn珍
bǎo宝
yú于
dì地
xià下
 。

To bury treasures and hide them underground.