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地狱 (dì yù): Hell (Noun) — Meaning & Stroke Order
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地 • dì • earth; ground; place; land • HSK 3.0 · L2
HSK 3.0 · L2
dì
地
earth; ground; place; land
狱 • yù • prison, jail
yù
狱
prison, jail
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Words Sharing Characters
More common words that include characters from 地狱.
Words with
地
地图
dì tú
map
地方
dì fang
place
地铁
dì tiě
underground train; tube; metro
外地
wài dì
parts of the country other than where one is
草地
cǎo dì
lawn
各地
gè dì
in all parts of (a country)
地址
dì zhǐ
address
地点
dì diǎn
location
Words with
狱
监狱
jiān yù
prison; jail
入狱
rù yù
be imprisoned
出狱
chū yù
to be released from prison
炼狱
liàn yù
purgatory; ordeal
牢狱
láo yù
prison; jail
狱中
yù zhōng
in prison
狱卒
yù zú
prison guard, jailer
狱警
yù jǐng
prison guard
4.
How to Use 地狱 in Sentences
Measure Word + Noun
with
层
shí
十
bā
八
céng
层
dì
地
yù
狱
neutral
the eighteen levels of hell
Adjective + Noun
with
恐怖
kǒng
恐
bù
怖
de
的
dì
地
yù
狱
Noun + Noun
dì
地
yù
狱
zhī
之
mén
门
neutral
Verb + Object
with
下
xià
下
dì
地
yù
狱
informal
go to hell
5.
Example Sentences with 地狱
dì
地
yù
狱
hěn
很
kě
可
pà
怕
。
neutral
terrifying hell
gate of hell
rén
人
jiān
间
dì
地
yù
狱
neutral
hell on earth
Hell is very scary.
gēn
根
jù
据
mǒu
某
xiē
些
zōng
宗
jiào
教
jiào
教
yì
义
，
zuò
作
è
恶
duō
多
duān
端
zhě
者
sǐ
死
hòu
后
jiāng
将
zhuì
坠
rù
入
dì
地
yù
狱
。
According to some religious doctrines, those who commit numerous evil deeds will fall into hell after death.
tā
他
miáo
描
shù
述
de
的
dì
地
yù
狱
jǐng
景
xiàng
象
ràng
让
rén
人
bù
不
hán
寒
ér
而
lì
栗
。
The hell scene he described sent chills down my spine.
nán
难
dào
道
nǐ
你
bù
不
xiāng
相
xìn
信
dì
地
yù
狱
de
的
cún
存
zài
在
，
huò
或
zhě
者
rèn
认
wéi
为
tā
它
zhǐ
只
shì
是
yǐn
隐
yù
喻
ma
吗
？
Don't you believe in the existence of hell, or do you think it's just a metaphor?
tā
他
jiān
坚
chēng
称
zì
自
jǐ
己
cóng
从
wèi
未
jiàn
见
guò
过
dì
地
yù
狱
，
yě
也
bù
不
xiāng
相
xìn
信
chāo
超
zì
自
rán
然
chéng
惩
fá
罚
。
He insisted that he had never seen hell and did not believe in supernatural punishment.
