冥室椟棺 — “Dim chamber and wooden coffin”
冥室椟棺 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “a room that is extremely dark, dim, and oppressive, resembling a coffin; an utterly gloomy and confined space”. Literally, “Dim chamber and wooden coffin”.
冥室椟棺 Pronunciation and Pinyin
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- míng冥míng冥zhī之zhì志profound and steadfast resolve
- míng冥sī思kǔ苦xiǎng想to rack one's brains
- míng冥sī思kǔ苦suǒ索ponder deeply and exhaustively
- míng冥zhāo昭méng瞢àn暗primordial chaos of indistinguishable light and darkness
- míng冥zhāo昭méng瞢àn闇primordial chaos and darkness
- míng冥mò漠zhī之xiāng乡remote unseen realm or profound transcendent state
- míng冥mò漠zhī之dōu都netherworld or celestial abode
- míng冥rán然wù兀zuò坐sit quietly in absorbed stillness
- míng冥xíng行zhì擿zhí埴groping for knowledge blindly
- míng冥xíng行máng盲suǒ索act blindly, grope in the dark
- míng冥wán顽bú不huà化obstinately ignorant and impervious to reason
- míng冥wán顽bù不líng灵stubbornly ignorant and unresponsive
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What does 冥室椟棺 mean?
冥室椟棺 (míng shì dú guān) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “a room that is extremely dark, dim, and oppressive, resembling a coffin; an utterly gloomy and confined space”.
How do you pronounce 冥室椟棺?
冥室椟棺 is pronounced míng shì dú guān in Mandarin Chinese.
What does 冥室椟棺 literally mean?
Literally, 冥室椟棺 means “Dim chamber and wooden coffin”. It is used to mean “a room that is extremely dark, dim, and oppressive, resembling a coffin; an utterly gloomy and confined space”.
What is the Chinese definition of 冥室椟棺?
冥：昏暗；椟：匣子。房间昏暗，如同棺材一样