HSK 7-9
common

Meaning of 地狱

地狱 means (in religion) the place where souls suffer after death; hell; figurative: a dark and miserable living environment; hell on earth; living hell. Pronounced dì yù. HSK 7-9.

  • (in religion) the place where souls suffer after death; hell
  • figurative: a dark and miserable living environment; hell on earth; living hell

Definitions & Examples

xiāng
xìn
huài
rén
hòu
huì
xià
 

Christians believe that bad people will go to hell after death.

Zài
jiào
zhōng
 
dào
shì
liù
dào
lún
huí
zhī
 

In Buddhism, the hell realm is one of the six paths of reincarnation.

Shí
céng
shì
zuì
yán
de
chéng
zhī
 

The eighteen levels of hell are the most severe places of punishment.