冥河 (míng hé) — Styx (the river in Greek mythology)

Definition

Examples

• 在希腊神话中，冥河是通往冥界的河流。
  Zài xī là shén huà zhōng, míng hé shì tōng wǎng míng jiè de hé liú.
  In Greek mythology, the Styx is the river leading to the underworld.
• 阿喀琉斯被母亲提着脚踝在冥河中浸泡，从而刀枪不入。
  Ā kā liú sī bèi mǔ qīn tí zhe jiǎo huái zài míng hé zhōng jìn pào, cóng ér dāo qiāng bú rù.
  Achilles was dipped in the Styx by his mother holding his ankle, becoming invulnerable.
• 诗人用冥河来比喻无法跨越的生死界限。
  Shī rén yòng míng hé lái bǐ yù wú fǎ kuà yuè de shēng sǐ jiè xiàn.
  Poets use the Styx as a metaphor for the unbridgeable boundary between life and death.

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