阿鼻

ābí
  1. (Buddhism) Avīci (the lowest level of the “hell” realm)
  2. (～地獄) (Buddhism) Avīci (the lowest level of the “hell” realm)

Wiktionary

Homographs

阿鼻 Ābí
  1. Ceaseless pain (Sanskrit: Avici), one of the Buddhist hells
  2. fig. hell
  3. hell on earth

Entry Composition

=1 阿 Ā abbr. for country names that begin with 阿 ā: Algeria 阿尔及利亚 Āěrjílìyà, Afghanistan 阿富汗 Āfùhàn etc
=1 阿 ā
  1. prefix used before monosyllabic names, kinship terms etc to indicate familiarity
  2. used in transliteration
  3. also pr. à
=1 阿 ē (literary) to flatter; to curry favor with
2 鼻 bí nose

Containing this entry

阿鼻叫唤 ābíjiàohuàn
阿鼻地狱 ābídìyù