地
狱

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The word "地狱" is formed by combining the character "地", which denotes earth or the underworld, with the character "狱", which means prison or jail, thereby creating a compound term that literally signifies an underground prison and conceptually represents hell as a place of punishment in the afterlife.

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地狱非常可怕。

Dìyù fēicháng kěpà.

Hell is very scary.

我不想下地狱。

Wǒ bù xiǎng xià dìyù.

I do not want to go to hell.

战争让世界变成地狱。

Zhànzhēng ràng shìjiè biànchéng dìyù.

War turns the world into hell.

那个地方就像地狱一样。

Nàge dìfāng jiù xiàng dìyù yīyàng.

That place is just like hell.

在神话中，地狱是死人受苦的地方。

Zài shénhuà zhōng, dìyù shì sǐrén shòukǔ de dìfāng.

In mythology, hell is where the dead suffer.

Word Definition - 地狱

dì yù hell; underworld; (Buddhism) Naraka; (coll.) (of humor, jokes, content etc) extremely dark or morally transgressive

Individual Character Details

地 de, dì
狱 yù