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)
Examples
- 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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