地狱 — meaning in English
dì yù
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English meaning
- gehenna noun Alternative letter-case form of Gehenna.
- Hades proper noun In Greek mythology, the god of the underworld and ruler of the dead.
- hell noun In many religions, the place of punishment for the wicked after death.
- inferno noun A huge, raging fire.
- perdition noun In religious belief, eternal punishment or damnation after death.
- pit noun A hole or hollow in the ground.
Senses
地狱 is used for these senses in English:
- Gehenna In rabbinical literature and Christian and Islamic scripture, the place where the souls of the wicked go after death, where they suffer eternal damnation or annihilation.
- Hades Hell.
- Jahannam (Islam) Islamic concept of hell, where unfaithful Muslims not true to their religion will be punished, but will eventually be forgiven.
- hell (countable, hyperbole, figuratively) A place or situation of great suffering in life.
- hell (in many religions, uncountable) A place of torment where some or all sinners are believed to go after death and evil spirits are believed to be.
- inferno A place or situation resembling Hell.
- perdition Eternal damnation.
- pit The grave, underworld or Hell.
Hades — full definition
- proper noun In Greek mythology, the god of the underworld and ruler of the dead.
- proper noun The underworld itself, the realm of the dead in Greek mythology; loosely, hell.