深渊 (shēn yuān) — abyss (literal and figurative)

Definition

Literally 'deep abyss' — a bottomless pit, used figuratively for a hopeless state (despair, war, ruin). Stronger and more literary than the everyday word 深.

noun
abyss (literal and figurative)

Beispiele

  • 深渊
    Nà ge xuán yá xià miàn shì yí gè wú dǐ de shēn yuān.
    Beneath that cliff is a bottomless abyss.
  • 深渊
    Tā xiàn rù le jué wàng de shēn yuān.
    He fell into an abyss of despair.
  • 深渊
    Zhè ge guó jiā jī hū diào jìn le zhàn zhēng de shēn yuān.
    This country almost fell into the abyss of war.

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