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扫墓

sǎo mù
HSK 7

English Meaning

to sweep a grave (and pay one's respects to the dead person)

Authentic Cinema Dialogue 3 CURATED EVIDENCE CLIPS
这龚开疆怎么老去扫墓
HSK 7 00:01
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💡 INTENT:

“Visiting graves this often makes no sense; he must be hiding something there.”

1. PREVIOUS

来 看看这个

“Look at this.”

“[People's Government of Jinghai] Why did Gong Kaijiang always go to the cemetry?”

3. NEXT

太频繁了 肯定有问题

“He went there too frequently. There must be something wrong.”

《狂飙》 · legal_and_police
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我们不是说好 回来给哥过生日 给外婆扫墓
HSK 7 00:03
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💡 INTENT:

“You are breaking our original plan, and I need to know why you made such a huge choice without me.”

1. PREVIOUS

你怎么了

“What's wrong with you?”

“We've agreed to come back to celebrate Ling Xiao's birthday and sweep the tomb of my grandmother,”

3. NEXT

你怎么跟 舅舅商量了一下 就要回来定居了呢

“but why did you decide to settle down here after discussing it with uncle?”

《以家人之名》 · family_and_home
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每年 我们家都会去给韩叔扫墓
HSK 7 00:03
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那他就永远都没有离开

“he never really left us.”

“Every year, our family will visit his grave,”

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风雨无阻的

“rain or shine.”

《轧戏》 · daily_life
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