Dictionary content from CC-CEDICT

Welcome to the MDBG free online English to Chinese dictionary, the no. 1 Chinese study aid! This website offers more than just a Chinese to English and English to Chinese dictionary, it offers various tools such as: flashcards, quizzes, text annotation, Chinese text input, written Chinese and more. The MDBG dictionary is used in many schools and universities all over the world, discover why! Learn Chinese faster with MDBG!

Chinese dictionary for Windows 10

MDBG Chinese Reader is the perfect dictionary application for Microsoft Windows. Translate Chinese text and Lookup Mandarin pinyin for Chinese words easily. Just glide your mouse over the Chinese text and a pop-up window shows English translations and Mandarin pronunciations. Learn Chinese faster with MDBG!


handwriting
Auto complete input: off | on

47 results on this page.

Usage Tips
Simplified
Pīnyīn
English Definition Add a new word to the dictionary Traditional
HSK
hell / infernal / underworld / (Buddhism) Naraka
HSK 7-9
to be hell-bent on; dead set on sth; unswerving
HSK 7-9
the Yellow Springs / the underworld of Chinese mythology / the equivalent of Hades or Hell
(Buddhism) Yama, the King of Hell / (fig.) cruel and tyrannical person
dark / hell / netherworld / hades
(Buddhism) Yama, the King of Hell
hell / the nether world / Hades
lit. win an inch, want a foot (idiom); fig. not satisfied with small gains / give him an inch, and he'll want a mile
underworld / hell
the gates of hell
the king of hell
hell on earth (idiom); suffering the torments of Buddhist hell while still alive / fig. having an uncomfortable time
pit of fire / fig. living hell
absurd / strange / (interj.) curse it! / to hell with it!
lit. to smash a pot just because it has a crack (idiom) / fig. to give up altogether after a setback; to throw one's hands up in frustration and let it all go to hell
hell / the inferno
(Buddhism) the Avici Hell, the last and most painful of the eight hot hells
what the hell; preposterous
to make a scene / to raise hell
lit. pull up a plant and the roots follow (idiom); fig. also involving others / inextricably tangled together / Invite one and he'll tell all his friends.
(Buddhism) Yama, the King of Hell
(neologism c. 2014) (slang) to stop striving (esp. when one knows one cannot succeed); to let it all go to hell; (sports) to tank
go to hell! / drop dead!
Ceaseless pain (Sanskrit: Avici), one of the Buddhist hells / fig. hell / hell on earth
(Buddhism) Yama, the King of Hell
(Buddhism) Yama, the King of Hell
(lit.) to cry from hunger (from Taiwanese 哭枵, Tai-lo pr. [khàu-iau]) / (Tw) (slang) to whine; shut the hell up!; fuck!; damn!
hell / nether world
(dialect) what are you doing? / what the hell?
(lit.) to cry over one's dad's death (from Taiwanese 哭爸, Tai-lo pr. [khàu-pē]) / (slang) (Tw) to rattle on; to carp; stop whining!; shut the hell up!; fuck!; damn!
to go through hell for the sake of keeping up appearances (idiom)
(Tw) (vulgar) what the hell? (from Taiwanese 啥潲, Tai-lo pr. [siánn-siâ], equivalent to Mandarin 什麼|什么)
lit. pull up a plant and the roots follow / fig. also involving others / inextricably tangled together / Invite one and he'll tell all his friends.
(coll.) to go through sheer hell
the bottomless pit (Hell in the Bible) / pitless (elevator)
to enter hell
drop dead! / go to hell! / fuck you! (Cantonese)
facing imminent catastrophe / calamity looms / all hell will break loose
lit. the sun rises in the west (idiom) / fig. hell freezes over / pigs can fly
to die young / (Tw) (curse word) drop dead / go to hell / (literary) short life and long life
lit. pull up a plant and the roots follow (idiom); fig. also involving others / inextricably tangled together / Invite one and he'll tell all his friends.
floating hell / slave ships
wild / hurried and confused / hell-for-leather
lit. to jump out of a fire pit (idiom); to escape from a living hell / to free oneself from a life of torture
lit. standing in front of the King of Hell is easy, but smaller devils are difficult to deal with (idiom)
(Buddhism) Yama, the King of Hell
(Buddhism) Yama, the King of Hell


Tip: Using a computer without Chinese text input? Try the 'Type Chinese' item from the menu.
© 2024 MDBG Made in Holland
Automated or scripted access is prohibited
Privacy and cookies