打生樁

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Chinese

beat; strike; break
beat; strike; break; mix up; build; fight; fetch; make; tie up; issue; shoot; calculate; since; from; dozen
 
to be born; to give birth; life
to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw
 
item; stump; stake
item; stump; stake; pile
 
trad. (打生樁)
simp. (打生桩)

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打生樁

  1. to bury someone alive under a pile during constructions, which was believed to be able to calm disturbed ghosts and thus prevent accidents during construction