Definition

Examples

• 在希腊神话中，冥河是通往冥界的河流。
  Zài Xīlà shénhuà zhōng, míng hé shì tōngwǎng míngjiè de héliú.
  In Greek mythology, the Styx is the river leading to the underworld.
• 阿喀琉斯被母亲提着脚踝在冥河中浸泡，从而刀枪不入。
  Ākāliúsī bèi mǔqīn tí zhe jiǎohuái zài míng hé zhōng jìnpào, cóng'ér dāo qiāng bú rù.
  Achilles was dipped in the Styx by his mother holding his ankle, becoming invulnerable.
• 诗人用冥河来比喻无法跨越的生死界限。
  Shīrén yòng míng hé lái bǐyù wúfǎ kuàyuè de shēngsǐ jièxiàn.
  Poets use the Styx as a metaphor for the unbridgeable boundary between life and death.