Word information
Simplified捡骨
Traditional撿骨
Pinyinjiǎn gǔ
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捡骨
jiǎn gǔ · bone-gathering, a custom of Fujian and Taiwan in which a son recovers the bones of his deceased father from the grave and places them in an urn for permanent storage at a different location
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