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Meaning of 俑坑

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yǒng kēng
pit with funerary figures; pit containing terracotta warriors
Example Sentences
1
What we can see so far are three pits.
2
6000
The largest of the three vaults contains 6000 life-size terra-cotta warriors and horses.
3
Resting facedown on supportive sandbags, a soldier awaits repair nearan excavation pit in Qin Shi Huang Di's tomb complex.
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3
200
The excavation work will focus on a 200-sq m patch in the north-central part of the No 1 pit, the largest among three pits at the site.
5
If nothing is done now, in 100years the warriors may have corroded to such an extent that the pits will look just like a coal mine and not have any aesthetic value.