hung tán

Thân thiện

Vì chiến tranh loạn lạc, gia đình phải làm lễ hung tán cho cụ ở vùng đất xa lạ.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • Temporary burial: The act of burying a deceased person in a temporary location, often due to circumstances preventing a proper, permanent burial at the time of death. This practice was more common in the past.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Do hoàn cảnh chiến tranh, thi hài người lính đã phải thực hiện hung tán. (Due to wartime circumstances, the soldier's remains had to undergo temporary burial.)
  • Tục lệ hung tán đã không còn phổ biến trong xã hội hiện đại. (The practice of temporary burial is no longer common in modern society.)

Advanced Usage

• The term "hung tán" is marked as archaic () and its meaning is historical (). It is primarily encountered in historical texts, literature, or discussions about past customs.
  • Trong tiểu thuyết lịch sử, nhân vật được miêu tả đã chịu cảnh hung tán. (In the historical novel, the character was described as having received a temporary burial.)

Variants and Related Words

• Tạm chôn / Táng tạm: Modern terms meaning "temporary burial". These are more likely to be used in contemporary descriptions of the same concept.
  • Sau đó, thi thể được tạm chôn tại chỗ. (Afterwards, the body was temporarily buried on the spot.)

Synonyms

• Mộ tạm: Temporary grave.
• Chôn cất tạm thời: Temporary interment.

Related Phrases

• Chôn cất: To bury (general term).
• Hạ huyệt: To lower into the grave (part of the burial ceremony).
• Cải táng: To exhume and rebury (often related, as a temporary burial may be followed by a formal reburial).

Học thuật

1. (từ cũ; nghĩa cũ) Temporary burial