"Greek mythology" Chinese-English Dictionary

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希腊神话 希臘神話 xī là shén huà Greek mythology
希神 xī shén Greek mythology / abbr. for 希臘神話|希腊神话[Xi1 la4 shen2 hua4]
Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
修女 xiū nǚ nun or sister (of the Roman Catholic or Greek Orthodox churches)
神话 神話 shén huà legend / fairy tale / myth / mythology
雷鸟 雷鳥 léi niǎo capercaillie (Lagopus, several species) / thunderbird (in native American mythology)
维纳斯 維納斯 wéi nà sī Venus (mythology, Roman goddess of love)
混沌 hùn dùn primal chaos (original state of the universe in Chinese mythology) / (of a situation) confused / chaotic / (of a person) muddle-headed / simple-minded syn
一窍不通 一竅不通 yī qiào bù tōng lit. doesn't (even) enter a single aperture (of one's head) / I don't understand a word (idiom) / it's all Greek to me syn
黛安娜 dài ān nà Diana (goddess in Roman mythology)
阿尔法 阿爾法 ā ěr fǎ alpha (Greek letter Αα)
黄泉 黃泉 huáng quán the Yellow Springs / the underworld of Chinese mythology / the equivalent of Hades or Hell syn
造物主 zào wù zhǔ the Creator (in religion or mythology) / God syn
雷公 léi gōng Lei Gong or Duke of Thunder, the God of Thunder in Chinese mythology
苏格拉底 蘇格拉底 sū gé lā dǐ Socrates (469-399 BC), Greek philosopher / José Sócrates (1957-), prime minister of Portugal (2005-2011)
柏拉图 柏拉圖 bó lā tú Plato (c. 427-c. 347 BC), Greek philosopher
泰坦 tài tǎn Titan (race of deities in Greek mythology, moon of Saturn etc)
大力神 dà lì shén Heracles (Greek mythology) / Hercules (Roman mythology)
普罗米修斯 普羅米修斯 pǔ luó mǐ xiū sī Prometheus, a Titan god of fire in Greek mythology
麒麟 qí lín (Chinese mythology) qilin / (old) giraffe syn
亚里士多德 亞里士多德 yà lǐ shì duō dé Aristotle (384-322 BC), Greek philosopher
东海 東海 dōng hǎi East China Sea / East Sea (Chinese mythology and ancient geography)
阿瑞斯 ā ruì sī Ares, Greek god of war / Mars
路西法 lù xī fǎ Lucifer (Satan's name before his fall in Jewish and Christian mythology)
奥丁 奧丁 ào dīng Odin (god in Norse mythology)
比亚 比亞 bǐ yà Bia, daughter of Pallas and Styx in Greek mythology, personification of violence
西格玛 西格瑪 xī gé mǎ sigma (Greek letter Σσ) / (symbol for standard deviation in statistics)
阿特拉斯 ā tè lā sī Atlas (Titan in Greek mythology) / Atlas mountains of north Africa
龙王 龍王 lóng wáng Dragon King (mythology)
贝塔 貝塔 bèi tǎ beta (Greek letter Ββ)
伽马 伽馬 gā mǎ gamma (Greek letter Γγ) (loanword)
嫦娥 cháng é Chang'e, the lady in the moon (Chinese mythology) / one of the Chang'e series of PRC lunar spacecraft syn
聚宝盆 聚寶盆 jù bǎo pén treasure bowl (mythology) / fig. source of wealth / cornucopia / gold mine syn
八仙 bā xiān the Eight Immortals (Daoist mythology)
伊索 yī suǒ Aesop (trad. 620-560 BC), Greek slave and storyteller, supposed author of Aesop's fables
南天门 南天門 nán tiān mén South Gate to Heaven, the name a gate constructed on various mountains, most notably on Mount Tai 泰山[Tai4 Shan1] / (mythology) southern gate of the Heavenly Palace
九泉 jiǔ quán the nine springs / the underworld of Chinese mythology / Hades syn
修罗 修羅 xiū luó Asura, malevolent spirits in Indian mythology
天马 天馬 tiān mǎ (mythology) celestial horse / fine horse / Ferghana horse / (Western mythology) Pegasus
女娲 女媧 nǚ wā Nüwa (creator of humans in Chinese mythology)
长白山 長白山 cháng bái shān Changbai or Baekdu mountains 白頭山|白头山, volcanic mountain range between Jilin province and North Korea, prominent in Manchu and Korean mythology
封神榜 fēng shén bǎng Investiture of the Gods, major Ming dynasty vernacular novel of mythology and fantasy, very loosely based on King Wu of Zhou's 周武王[Zhou1 Wu3 wang2] overthrow of the Shang, subsequent material for opera, film, TV series, computer games etc
海王 hǎi wáng Poseidon, Greek god of the sea / Neptune, Roman god of the sea / Aquaman, DC comic book superhero / (slang) womanizer / player
城邦 chéng bāng a city state (Greek polis)
刑天 xíng tiān Xingtian, headless giant hero of Chinese mythology decapitated by the Yellow Emperor 黃帝|黄帝[Huang2 di4]
泽塔 澤塔 zé tǎ zeta (Greek letter Ζζ)
该隐 該隱 gāi yǐn Cain (name) / Cain (biblical character), a figure of Judeo-Christian-Muslim mythology
封神演义 封神演義 fēng shén yǎn yì Investiture of the Gods, major Ming dynasty vernacular novel of mythology and fantasy, very loosely based on King Wu of Zhou's 周武王[Zhou1 Wu3 wang2] overthrow of the Shang, subsequent material for opera, film, TV series, computer games etc
周作人 zhōu zuò rén Zhou Zuoren (1885-1967), brother of Lu Xun 魯迅|鲁迅[Lu3 Xun4], academic in Japanese and Greek studies, briefly imprisoned after the war as Japanese collaborator, persecuted and died of unknown causes during the Cultural Revolution
城隍 chéng huáng Shing Wong (deity in Chinese mythology) syn
酒神 jiǔ shén Bacchus (the Greek god of wine), aka Dionysus
缪斯 繆斯 mù sī Muse (Greek mythology)
缪斯 繆斯 miù sī Muse (Greek mythology)
希腊语 希臘語 xī là yǔ Greek language
希腊文 希臘文 xī là wén Greek literature
阿喀琉斯 ā kā liú sī Achilles (or Akhilleus or Achilleus), son of Thetis and Peleus, Greek hero central to the Iliad
美杜莎 měi dù shā Medusa (monster of Greek mythology)
pài (literary) tributary / branch of a river / clique / school / group / faction / (bound form) style / manner / to send (a person or resource) / to dispatch / to allocate (a resource or task) / to appoint (sb) / classifier for factions, groups etc / (preceded by 一[yi]) classifier used in characterizing a scene, atmosphere, demeanor, sound, remark etc / (loanword) pi (Greek letter Ππ) / the circular ratio 𝜋 = 3.14159... / (loanword) pie syn
tào to cover / to encase / cover / sheath / to overlap / to interleave / to model after / to copy / formula / harness / loop of rope / (fig.) to fish for / to obtain slyly / classifier for sets, collections / bend (of a river or mountain range, in place names) / tau (Greek letter Ττ) syn
kǎi (bound form) triumphal music / (Tw) (coll.) generous with money / lavish in spending / chi (Greek letter Χχ) syn
niǔ to turn / to wrench / button / nu (Greek letter Νν) syn
pān surname Pan / Pan, faun in Greek mythology, son of Hermes
róu soft / flexible / supple / yielding / rho (Greek letter Ρρ) syn
fěi phonetic fei or fi / (literary) (bound form) rich with literary elegance / phi (Greek letter Φφ)
miù (bound form) false / erroneous / absurd / mu (Greek letter Μμ) syn
卡帕 kǎ pà kappa (Greek letter Κκ)
卡桑德拉 kǎ sāng dé lā Cassandra (given name) / Cassandra (character in Greek mythology)
阿修罗 阿修羅 ā xiū luó Asura, malevolent spirits in Indian mythology
太极 太極 tài jí the Absolute or Supreme Ultimate, the source of all things according to some interpretations of Chinese mythology
洛基 luò jī Loki, god of fire and mischievous destroyer in Norse mythology
卡珊德拉 kǎ shān dé lā Cassandra (given name) / Cassandra (character in Greek mythology)
巴克斯 bā kè sī Bacchus, Greek god of wine
射影 shè yǐng (geometry) projection / (Chinese mythology) creature that spits sand to make people ill
托勒密 tuō lè mì Ptolemy, kings of Egypt after the partition of Alexander the Great's Empire in 305 BC / Ptolemy or Claudius Ptolemaeus (c. 90-c. 168), Alexandrian Greek astronomer, mathematician and geographer, author of the Almagest 天文學大成|天文学大成 / see also 托勒玫[Tuo1 le4 mei2]
艾塔 ài tǎ eta (Greek letter Ηη)
chán toad ("chán" represents the sound of its croaking) / (mythology) the three-legged toad said to exist in the moon / (metonym) the moon
白头山 白頭山 bái tóu shān Baekdu or Changbai mountains 長白山|长白山, volcanic mountain range between Jilin province and North Korea, prominent in Manchu and Korean mythology
欧几里得 歐幾里得 ōu jǐ lǐ dé Euclid of Alexandria (c. 300 BC), Greek geometer and author of the Elements 幾何原本|几何原本[Ji3he2 Yuan2ben3]
shèn giant clam / (mythology) clam-monster said to breathe out a vapor that forms a mirage of buildings syn
kuí one-legged mountain demon of Chinese mythology / Chinese mythical figure who invented music and dancing / Chinese rain god / surname Kui
阿蒙 ā méng Amun, deity in Egyptian mythology, also spelled Amon, Amoun, Amen, and rarely Imen
普西 pǔ xī psi (Greek letter Ψψ)
盘古 盤古 pán gǔ Pangu (creator of the universe in Chinese mythology) syn
埃斯库罗斯 埃斯庫羅斯 āi sī kù luó sī Aeschylus (c. 524 BC -c. 455 BC), Greek tragedian, author of The Persians, Seven against Thebes etc
阿多尼斯 ā duō ní sī Adonis, figure in Greek mythology
伊萨卡 伊薩卡 yī sà kǎ Ithaca, a Greek island / Ithaca NY, location of Cornell University 康奈爾|康奈尔[Kang1 nai4 er3]
希波克拉底 xī bō kè lā dǐ Hippocrates (c. 460 BC - c. 370 BC), Greek physician, father of Western medicine
波塞冬 bō sāi dōng Poseidon, God of the sea in Greek mythology
弗雷 fú léi Freyr (god in Norse mythology)
阿里斯托芬 ā lǐ sī tuō fēn Aristophanes (c. 448-380 BC), Greek comic playwright
克罗诺斯 克羅諾斯 kè luó nuò sī Cronus (Titan of Greek mythology)
山海经 山海經 shān hǎi jīng Classic of Mountain and Sea, probably compiled c. 500 BC-200 BC, contains wide range of geography, mythology, witchcraft, popular customs etc
蓬莱 蓬萊 péng lái (Chinese mythology) Penglai, one of three fabled islands in the Bohai sea, where immortals were said to live / (by extension) fairyland
克西 kè xī xi or ksi (Greek letter Ξξ)
西格马 西格馬 xī gé mǎ sigma (Greek letter Σσ)
yuān firebird (mythology)
虾兵蟹将 蝦兵蟹將 xiā bīng xiè jiàng shrimp soldiers and crab generals (in mythology or popular fiction, the army of the Dragon King of the Eastern Sea) / useless troops (idiom) syn
希腊字母 希臘字母 xī là zì mǔ Greek alphabet
奥切诺斯 奧切諾斯 ào qiē nuò sī Oceanus, a Titan in Greek mythology
奥西娜斯 奧西娜斯 ào xī nuó sī Oceanus, a Titan in Greek mythology
牧神 mù shén a faun / (esp.) Pan, son of Hermes in Greek mythology
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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