guān guǒ

Traditional: 棺槨

棺椁 (guān guǒ) is a Chinese word meaning “inner and outer coffins; coffin”.

Meanings

  1. 1inner and outer coffins
  2. 2coffin

Characters in 棺椁

棺guān · coffin椁guǒ · outer coffin

Related words

棺材coffin石棺sarcophagus棺coffin棺木coffin盖棺论定don't pass judgment on a person's life until the lid is on the coffin (idiom)椁outer coffin不见棺材不落泪lit. not to shed a tear until one sees the coffin (idiom)冰棺coffin-shaped freezer used to store a corpse棺材板wooden board used to make a coffin (also refers to the coffin itself); (fig.) (of a facial expression) grim; unsmiling棺材瓤子geezer with one foot in the grave (used jokingly or as an imprecation)灵棺a bier瓮棺funerary urn

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