埋 - mái - Chinese character definition, English meaning and stroke order

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埋

mái

Definition

to bury

Other pronunciations

mán

to blame

Character Decomposition

Related words (19)

埋伏

mái fú

to ambush; to lie in wait for; to lie low; ambush

埋单

mái dān

to pay the bill (in a restaurant etc) (loanword from Cantonese); (fig.) to bear responsibility

埋名

mái míng

to conceal one's identity; to live incognito

埋头

mái tóu

to immerse oneself in; engrossed in sth; to lower the head (e.g. to avoid rain); countersunk (of screws, rivets etc)

埋汰

mái tai

(dialect) dirty; to mock sb

埋没

mái mò

to engulf; to bury; to overlook; to stifle; to neglect; to fall into oblivion

埋线

mái xiàn

sunken cord (used in bookbinding)

to bury

to bury; to hide by burying; hidden

to crush and bury

to bury

to bury alive

to bury; funeral rites

to bury

to lie in wait; to ambush; to conceal sth

隐名埋姓

yǐn míng mái xìng

to conceal one's identity; living incognito

隐姓埋名

yǐn xìng mái míng

to conceal one's identity; living incognito

隐迹埋名

yǐn jì mái míng

to live incognito

中心埋置关系从句

zhōng xīn mái zhì guān xì cóng jù

center-embedded relative clauses

Idioms (2)

埋头苦干

mái tóu kǔ gàn

to bury oneself in work (idiom); to be engrossed in work; to make an all-out effort; up to the neck in work

葬玉埋香

zàng yù mái xiāng

(lit.) burying jade and interring incense (idiom); funeral for a beautiful person

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