Common Meanings
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míng冥
Dim, dark, gloomy; the netherworld or obscurity.
森林深处有一片幽冥之处。
Deep in the forest, there is an obscure and gloomy place.
Deep, profound; used to describe deep thought, contemplation, or meditation.
他喜欢在安静的夜晚冥思人生。
He enjoys meditating on life during quiet nights.
Dull-witted, ignorant, or stubbornly unresponsive, often used in the idiom '冥顽不灵' (míng wán bù líng) meaning 'stubbornly ignorant'.
有些人思想冥顽不灵，很难接受新观念。
Some people are so stubbornly ignorant that it's hard for them to accept new ideas.
In superstitious beliefs, the realm or world that people enter after death, often referred to as the underworld or netherworld.
在一些传统习俗中，人们会烧冥衣和纸钱，以纪念逝去的亲人，愿他们在冥界安宁。
In some traditional customs, people burn paper clothes and joss paper to commemorate their departed relatives, wishing them peace in the underworld.