冥 - míng - Chinese character definition, English meaning and stroke order

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冥

míng

Definition

dark
deep
stupid
the underworld

Character Decomposition

Compounds (8)

to drizzle; sea

boring insect; snout moth's larva (Aphomia gullaris or Plodia interpuncuella or Heliothus armigera etc), major agricultural pest

dark

to close (the eyes)

lucky place

Chinese quince

place name

to plaster; whitewash (wall)

Related words (16)

冥合

míng hé

to agree implicitly; of one mind; views coincide without a word exchanged

冥婚

míng hūn

posthumous or ghost marriage (in which at least one of the bride and groom is dead)

冥币

míng bì

false paper money burned as an offering to the dead

underworld; hell

to meditate; meditation

the king of hell

ghost world

afterlife happiness

the gateway to the ghost world

冥钞

míng chāo

false paper money burned as an offering to the dead

stupid; stubborn

in the unseen world of spirits; mysteriously and inexorably

冥顽不灵

míng wán bù líng

stupid; stubborn; pigheaded

幽冥

yōu míng

dark; hell; netherworld; hades

杳冥

yǎo míng

dim and dusky; far and indistinct

邈冥冥

miǎo míng míng

far off; distant

Idioms (5)

冥思苦想

míng sī kǔ xiǎng

to consider from all angles (idiom); to think hard; to rack one's brains

冥思苦索

míng sī kǔ suǒ

to rack one's innermost brains (idiom)

死不冥目

sǐ bù míng mù

dead but will not close the eyes (idiom); to die with a remaining grievance; also written 死不瞑目

苦思冥想

kǔ sī míng xiǎng

to consider from all angles (idiom); to think hard; to rack one's brains

风雨晦冥

fēng yǔ huì míng

conditions of extreme adversity (idiom)

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