







adipocere
grave wax
The end result is called adipocere, or grave wax.
The construction workers accidentally dug out a dried and preserved dead body from underground.

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Open the tool →尸蜡 (shī là) means “adipocere, grave wax”.
尸蜡 is pronounced shī là in Mandarin Chinese.
“adipocere” is 尸蜡 (shī là) in Chinese.
This page has 2 example sentences using 尸蜡, each with pinyin and an English translation.