ABYSS  深淵

ROCK LANDSCAPE that is INTENSELY AND STEEP AND CONTAINS WATER AT THE BOTTOM. ROCK LANDSCAPE that is INTENSELY DEEP AND STEEP AND CONTAINS WATER AT the BOTTOM.
Hypernym
  • LANDSCAPEFEATURES of TERRITORY.
    • TERRITORYPLACE INSIDE DEFINED BOUNDARIES.
      • PLACEPART of SPACE that THINGS BE-IN:are-in.
        • PARTOBJECT which COMBINES with OTHER OBJECTS to BECOME ONE LARGER WHOLE OBJECT....
    Old Chinese Criteria
    [POETIC/PROSAIC]

    1. The general poetic word for a deep and threatening watery abyss is yuān 淵.

    [POETIC]

    2. Tán 潭 is also refers to a deep and threatening watery abyss.

    3. Huò 壑 can refer to a steep deep valley or abyss. The distinction with VALLEY is often unclear.

    [PROSAIC]

    Modern Chinese Criteria
    深淵

    淵

    潭府

    rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／

    • Lateinische Synonyme und Etymologien ( DOEDERLEIN 1840) p.

      ABYSS

      vorago is a poetical and foreign word for a deep abyss.

      barathrum refers to an abyss in water, which may be either in a pool, pond, or sea.

      vortex refers to deep water in motion.

      gurges refers to a vortex which moves in a perpendicular direction so that it drags down whatever comes into its eddy.

    • SYNONYMES FRANÇOIS, LEURS DIFFÉRENTES SIGNIFICATIONS, ET LE CHOIX QU'IL EN FAUT FAIRE Pour parler avec justesse ( GIRARD 1769) p. 1.421.379

      PRECIPICE.GOUFRE.ABYME

    Attributions by syntactic funtion

    • n : 21
    • nadV : 2
    • NP : 1

    Attributions by text

    • 莊子 : 4
    • 楚辭 : 3
    • 陸機集十一卷 : 2
    • 荀子 : 2
    • 淮南子 : 2
    • 管子 : 2
    • 毛詩 : 2
    • 說苑 : 1
    • 阮籍集四卷 : 1
    • 呂氏春秋 : 1
    • 禮記 : 1
    • 鹽鐵論 : 1
    • 孝經 : 1
    • 祖堂集 : 1

    Words

    淵  yuān OC: qʷiin MC: ʔen 20 AttributionsWD

    The general poetic word for a deep and threatening abyss is yuān 淵. >>POETIC

      Syntactic words
    • nadVanalogylike an abyss, like a deep pond
    • npost=Nprthe Abyss N 羽淵 "the Yǔ abyss"
    • nsubjectdeep abyss, canyon, chasm, gorge
    壑  hè OC: qhaaɡ MC: hɑk 3 AttributionsWD

    Hè 壑 can refer to a steep deep valley or abyss. The distinction with VALLEY is often unclear. >>PROSAIC

      Word relations
    • Assoc: 溝/CANAL The most general current word for a man-made ditch or canal of any kind is gōu 溝. The word is often used to refer specifically to a large canal.

      Syntactic words
    • ndeep threatening valley or abyss
    深淵  shēn yuān OC: qhljum qʷiin MC: ɕim ʔen 1 AttributionWD
      Syntactic words
    • NPdeep abyss
    潭  tán OC: ɡ-loom MC: dəm 0 AttributionsWD
      Syntactic words
    • nHan and post-Han: deep watery abyss
    九淵  jiǔ yuān OC: kuʔ qʷiin MC: kɨu ʔen 0 AttributionsWD
      Syntactic words
    • NPninefold unfathomable abyss
    旋淵  xuán yuān OC: sɢlon qʷiin MC: ziɛn ʔen 0 AttributionsWD
      Syntactic words
    • NPswirling abyss
    潭府  tán fǔ OC: ɡ-loom poʔ MC: dəm pi̯o 0 AttributionsWD
      Syntactic words
    • NPabyss 深淵。《文選‧郭璞＜江賦＞》："若乃曾潭之府，靈湖之淵。" 李善 注："曾，重也。 王逸 《楚辭》注曰：' 楚 人名淵曰潭府。'"
    火坑  huǒ kēng OC: qphaalʔ khraaŋ MC: hʷɑ khɣaŋ 0 AttributionsWD
      Syntactic words
    • NPthe fiery abyss of hell
    萬丈深淵  wàn zhàng shēn yuān OC: mblans daŋʔ qhljum qʷiin MC: mi̯ɐn ɖi̯ɐŋ ɕim ʔen 0 AttributionsWD
      Syntactic words
    • NPunfathomably deep abyss

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