day 28farewells and remembrance

farewells and remembrance

Talk respectfully about death, funerals and remembering the dead, and use the formal prepositions of notices and speeches: 本着, 基于, 鉴于, 经, 依, 当着, 就, spoken 打 and written 乃.

today’s words

• 逝世 shìshì · to pass away (formal)
• 噩耗 èhào · sad news (of a death)
• 生前 shēngqián · during one’s lifetime
• 生死 shēngsǐ · life and death
• 悼念 dàoniàn · to mourn
• 追悼 zhuīdào · to mourn (the dead)
• 葬 zàng · to bury
• 葬礼 zànglǐ · funeral
• 埋葬 máizàng · to bury
• 遗体 yítǐ · remains (of the dead)
• 棺材 guāncai · coffin
• 坟 fén · grave
• 坟墓 fénmù · grave, tomb
• 墓 mù · tomb
• 墓碑 mùbēi · gravestone
• 墓地 mùdì · cemetery, graveyard
• 公墓 gōngmù · public cemetery
• 遗物 yíwù · things left by the dead
• 遗嘱 yízhǔ · will (last wishes)
• 扫墓 sǎomù · to visit and tend a grave
• 祭奠 jìdiàn · to hold a memorial for
• 祭祀 jìsì · to offer sacrifices (to ancestors)
• 祭 jì · to honour (the dead) with offerings
• 乃 nǎi · to be, indeed (written)
• 打 dǎ · from (spoken)
• 本着 běnzhe · in line with, in the spirit of
• 基于 jīyú · based on
• 鉴于 jiànyú · in view of
• 经 jīng · after, through (a process)
• 依 yī · according to
• 依照 yīzhào · according to
• 当着 dāngzhe · in front of, in the presence of

sentences

• 他乃我国最有名的历史学家之一。 · He was one of our country’s most famous historians.
• 打明天起，他的书都放在图书馆。 · From tomorrow, all his books will be in the library.
• 他当着大家的面，读了老师的遗嘱。 · He read out his teacher’s will in front of everyone.
• 依照他的遗嘱，遗体捐给了医学研究。 · As his will instructed, his body was donated to medical research.
• 本着节约的原则，葬礼办得很简单。 · In keeping with his wish to avoid waste, the funeral was very simple.