阿鼻

Ā bí

Dictionary entry

Ceaseless pain (Sanskrit: Avici), one of the Buddhist hells

What does 阿鼻 mean?

阿鼻 (Ā bí) has the following dictionary meaning.

1Ceaseless pain (Sanskrit: Avici), one of the Buddhist hells

2fig. hell

3hell on earth

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阿āprefix used before monosyllabic names, kinship terms etc to indicate familiarity · (bound form) abbreviation for country names beginning with 阿, e.g. 阿富汗[A1 fu4 han4] "Afghanistan"鼻bínose

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阿鼻

Ā bí

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