泥でい像ぞう

noun

clay figure; earthen statue

Rare term referring to a clay figure, especially one buried with the dead in ancient China. Also used more generally for an earthen statue.

See also: 泥象 (でいしょう)

• 古こ代だい中ちゅう国ごくの墓はかから泥でい像ぞうが出しゅつ土どした。

  Clay figures were excavated from an ancient Chinese tomb.