grave

tomb; mausoleum

no (莫) + earth (土) = grave

土 grounds the meaning: a grave is earth piled over the dead. 莫 contributes the sound mù and does not add semantic weight here.

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EarthSemantic
Originally depicted the sun setting in grassPhonetic

他们去山上祭扫祖先的

tā men qù shān shàng jì sǎo zǔ xiān de mù。

They went up the mountain to pay respects at their ancestors' grave.

考古学家在这里发现了一座古代的

kǎo gǔ xué jiā zài zhè lǐ fā xiàn le yī zuò gǔ dài de mù。

Archaeologists discovered an ancient tomb here.

Words with 墓

阿灵顿国家公墓

ā líng dùn guó jiā gōng mù

Arlington National Cemetery in Washington DC, USA

陵墓

líng mù

tomb

集体坟墓

jí tǐ fén mù

mass grave

五人墓碑记

wǔ rén mù bēi jì

Five Men's Tombstone Inscription, an essay by Zhang Pu 張溥|张溥[Zhang1 Pu3] commemorating five martyrs who died resisting the tyranny of Wei Zhongxian 魏忠賢|魏忠贤[Wei4 Zhong1 xian2] during the late Ming dynasty

八宝山革命公墓

bā bǎo shān gé mìng gōng mù

Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery in Shijingshan District, Beijing

公墓

gōng mù

public cemetery

古墓

gǔ mù

old tomb (archaeology)

古墓葬群

gǔ mù zàng qún

(archeology) burial complex

古墓丽影

gǔ mù lì yǐng

Tomb Raider (computer game)

墓园

mù yuán

cemetery; graveyard

墓地

mù dì

cemetery

墓坑

mù kēng

tomb pit

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