穴居 (xué jū) — to live in caves; to dwell in caves
Definition
Literary verb meaning 'to dwell in caves or holes', used mostly in writing about primitive peoples and archaeology rather than everyday speech.
verb
to live in cavesto dwell in caves
Examples
- 穴居。Yuán shǐ rén xué jū zài zì rán xíng chéng de dòng xué zhōng.Primitive people lived in naturally formed caves.
- ，穴居。Zài zhōng guó xī bù, yǒu xiē rén zhì jīn réng rán xué jū.In western China, some people still live in caves to this day.
- 穴居。Kǎo gǔ xué jiā fā xiàn le gǔ dài xué jū de yí zhǐ.Archaeologists discovered the remains of ancient cave dwellings.
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