兵马俑 | bīng mǎ yǒng | figurines of warriors and horses buried with the dead; Terracotta Army (historic site) | |
始作俑者 | shǐ zuò yǒng zhě | lit. the first person to bury funerary dolls (idiom); fig. the originator of an evil practice | |
陶俑 | táo yǒng | a pottery figurine buried with the dead | |
俑坑 | yǒng kēng | pit with funerary figures; pit containing terracotta warriors |
1 | Resembling an aircraft hangar, this section can be viewed from a walkway a few meters above the 6, 000-plus figures. | |
2 | I saw some of the warriors in Atlanta and I too believe that they are the actual individuals. | |
3 | In addition, another important discovery was that a few newly-unearthed terracotta warriors were richly colored. | |
4 | "Take for instance, the discovery of the richly colored terracotta warriors gave us great confidence. I believe the future excavation will go smoothly, " Xu said. | |
5 | An interesting relic of these times is a set of bronze figurines, the sexuality of the figures is not exaggerated. |