遗物

• Pinyin: yí wù
• Desglose de hanzi: 遗 = 辶 + 贵 (movement + precious — left behind); 物 = 牛 + 勿 (cattle + not — originally a spotted ox, extended to mean things/objects in general)

Significado

objetos o pertenencias que deja un difunto; recuerdos/reliquias

Refers specifically to personal objects left behind after someone's death, carrying emotional and memorial significance. Distinct from 遗产 (estate/inheritance — financial and legal) and 文物 (cultural relics/artefacts). Common in obituaries, memorial contexts, and literary works dealing with loss and memory.

Ejemplos

1. 清理父亲遗物时，她在抽屉深处发现了一封从未寄出的信，字迹已经褪色，却仍能辨认出那是对她的思念与嘱托。
2. 博物馆将这批战争年代的遗物妥善保存，定期对公众展出，以唤起社会对那段历史的集体记忆。
3. 逝者遗留下的一把旧吉他和厚厚一摞手稿，成为家人寄托哀思、缅怀其创作岁月的最珍贵遗物。

Guía de uso

Contexto: memorial, family, literary, museum

Tono: solemn

Correcto

• 考古队在现场出土数十件保存较好的遗物，包括陶器、铁制农具和刻字骨片，为研究公元前三世纪的社会生活提供了依据。(The archaeological team unearthed dozens of well-preserved relics at the site, including pottery, iron farm tools, and inscribed bone pieces, providing evidence for studying social life in the third century BCE.)
• 她将母亲生前最常佩戴的那枚玉镯作为最重要的遗物珍藏起来，每逢忌日便轻轻取出端详，在无声中完成一次跨越生死的对话。(She treasured as the most important relic the jade bracelet her mother had worn most frequently in her lifetime; on each anniversary of her passing she would gently take it out and gaze at it, completing in silence a conversation that bridged the divide between life and death.)

Incorrecto

• 我把遗物借给朋友了 — 遗物 carries deep emotional and memorial weight as the belongings of the deceased; treating them as ordinary borrowable items is culturally inappropriate; use 物品 or 东西 for ordinary possessions

Origen e historia

遗 (left behind by the deceased) + 物 (thing/object — 牛 cow/animal + 勿 prohibition, originally indicating a spotted animal, extended to mean things/objects)

Contexto cultural

Época: Modern

Generación: All ages

Contexto social: Universal