kū sāng bàngdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
mourning staff draped in white, held at a funeral to show filial piety
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Original source entry:

哭喪棒 哭丧棒 [ku1 sang1 bang4] /mourning staff draped in white, held at a funeral to show filial piety/

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Other forms in these source records: 哭喪棒

  • 哭
    kū

    to cry / to weep

  • 丧
    sāng

    mourning / funeral / (old) corpse

    sàng

    to lose sth abstract but important (courage, authority, one's life etc) / to be bereaved of (one's spouse etc) / to die / disappointed / discouraged

  • 棒
    bàng

    stick / club / cudgel / smart / capable / strong / wonderful / classifier for legs of a relay race

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