yǒng kēng

俑坑 (yǒng kēng) is a Chinese word meaning “pit with funerary figures; pit containing terracotta warriors”.

Meanings

  1. 1pit with funerary figures
  2. 2pit containing terracotta warriors

Characters in 俑坑

俑yǒng · wooden figures buried with the dead坑kēng · pit; hollow; depression

Related words

坑pit; hollow; depression坑variant of 坑[keng1]始作俑者lit. the first person to make funerary figurines (idiom)火坑pit of fire水坑puddle粪坑latrine pit沙坑sandbox矿坑mine兵马俑figurines of warriors and horses buried with the dead茅坑latrine pit弹坑bomb crater; shell crater; mine crater坑道mine shaft

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