cất mộ
Definition
- Verb:
- To exhume and rebury remains: The act of digging up human remains (bones) from an old grave and placing them in a new, often smaller, coffin or urn for reburial. This is a traditional Vietnamese ritual, typically performed several years after the initial burial.
Usage Examples
- Verb:
- Gia đình anh ấy đã cất mộ cho ông nội. (His family exhumed and reburied his grandfather's remains.)
- Theo phong tục, chúng tôi sẽ cất mộ cho mẹ sau ba năm. (According to tradition, we will exhume and rebury my mother's remains after three years.)
Advanced Usage
- "Lễ cất mộ": The ceremony or ritual of exhuming and reburying remains.
- Lễ cất mộ thường được tổ chức vào dịp cuối năm. (The exhumation and reburial ceremony is often held at the end of the year.)
Variants and Related Words
- Cất mả (verb): A synonym with identical meaning and usage to "cất mộ".
- Việc cất mả cần được thực hiện một cách trang nghiêm. (The exhumation and reburial must be performed solemnly.)
Synonyms
- Exhume and rebury: The direct English translation for the combined ritual action.
- Disinter and re-inter: More formal terms with the same meaning.
Related Phrases
- Bốc mộ: Another term for the act of exhuming remains, often used in the northern dialect of Vietnamese. It is essentially synonymous with "cất mộ".
- Sau khi bốc mộ, hài cốt được rửa sạch và đặt vào tiểu. (After exhumation, the remains are cleaned and placed in a small coffin.)
Related Idioms
(This term is a specific ritual practice and is not commonly used in idiomatic expressions.)
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