丛冢

叢冢

cóngzhǒng

noun

Meanings

HSK 3

考古队在山下发现了一座古代丛冢。

Kǎogǔ duì zài shānxià fāxiàn le yī zuò gǔdài cóngzhǒng.

The archaeology team found an ancient mass grave at the foot of the mountain.

HSK 7-9

战乱年代，丛冢随处可见。

Zhànluàn niándài, cóngzhǒng suíchùkějiàn.

In times of war, mass graves were a common sight.

memory

丛 (cóng) means 'cluster / thicket'; 冢 (zhǒng) is 'tomb mound'. So 丛冢 = a cluster of grave mounds, a mass burial site.

Literary and historical. In modern news writing, 万人坑 ('ten-thousand-person pit') is more common for mass graves.

丛 cóng

冢 zhǒng