淨界

Chinese

to purify; to cleanse realm; abode
trad. (淨界) 淨 界
simp. (净界) 净 界

Etymology

Calque of French purgatoire or Italian purgatorio, first used by Wang Weike (王維克) in his translation of Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy based on French and Italian texts [1948].

Pronunciation

Noun

淨界

  1. (religion, mythology, chiefly literary or poetic) purgatory

See also

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