hung tán
Definition
- 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).
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(từ cũ; nghĩa cũ) Temporary burial
