俑坑
yǒng kēng · pit with funerary figures; pit containing terracotta warriors
Character breakdown
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How to learn 俑坑
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Words with the same characters
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a pottery figurine buried with the dead
兵马俑bīng mǎ yǒngfigurines of warriors and horses buried with the dead; Terracotta Army (historic site)
始作俑者shǐ zuò yǒng zhělit. the first person to make funerary figurines (idiom); fig. the originator of an evil practice
坑人kēng rénto cheat sb
天坑tiān kēngsinkhole
月坑yuè kēnglunar crater