cửu tuyền

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Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 九泉, composed of (nine) and (spring). See also chín suối.

Pronunciation

Noun

cửu tuyền

  1. the netherworld
    • 2005, chapter 1, in Cao Tự Thanh, transl., Anh hùng xạ điêu, Văn học, translation of 射雕英雄传 by Jīn Yōng (Kim Dung):
      Quan nhân lúc sinh tiền là bậc anh hùng hào kiệt, y ở dưới cửu tuyền thấy thế biết đâu không nhắm mắt được?
      Your husband was, when he still lived, a hero; now he is in the netherworld, will he find rest if he knows this?